WDCS in the North and Central West Atlantic

Noise and chemical pollution remain significant issues for the North and Central West Atlantic. Ship strikes are an increasing concern throughout this region. Many dolphins and small whales are still bycaught or deliberately targeted in the Central West Atlantic.

WDCS has invested considerable work in the development of the Cartagena Convention, and specifically the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW), and looks forward to this Convention expanding its conservation work concerning whales, dolphins and porpoises in the region to look widely at all threats and consider multi-threat mitigation measures.

WDCS's historical contribution to this region has included conservation projects to protect:

• Blue whale off Mingan Island, Canada ;
• Harbour porpoise, Nova Scotia, Canada;
• Humpback whale east coast USA, also off the Cape Verde Islands, and the Caribbean;
• Blainville's beaked whale, Bahamas;
• Northern bottlenose whale, Nova Scotia, Canada;
• Northern right whale off the East Coast of Canada and the USA;
• Sperm whales of the North Atlantic; and
• Humpback whale, Gulf of Maine, USA.

Where WDCS is active in this region

WDCS North America
WDCS Species Programme

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