A needed change in cetacean conservation
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In European waters, cetacean conservation tends to focus on direct and obvious threats. Cetacean conservation should go beyond just avoiding further population decline or warding off the extinction of single species. Allowing only the most opportunistic and resilient species to persist, often by merely attempting to mitigate direct mortality, should not pass for actual cetacean conservation.
Bearzi G, Reeves RR. 2021. Shifting baselines of cetacean conservation in Europe. ICES Journal of Marine Science, fsab137.
