The 11th annual meeting of the South Pacific Whale Research Consortium was held in Apia, Samoa, in early February to discuss whale and dolphin species records, research and conservation achievements across the Pacific Islands region.
2 February 2011: The 11th annual meeting of the South Pacific Whale Research Consortium was held in Apia, Samoa, in early February to discuss whale and dolphin species records, research and conservation achievements across the Pacific Islands region.
The meeting was supported by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), Pew Environment Group and IFAW – the International Fund for Animal Welfare. The South Pacific Whale Research Consortium was established by independent scientists of Oceania working on marine mammals in 1999. In 2009, SPREP signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Consortium, which resulted, among other things, in a recovery plan for the Oceania Humpback whale. [SPREP Press Release]