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Kingdom :  ANIMALIA
Phylum :  CHORDATA
Class :  MAMMALIA
Order :  CETACEA
Family :  BALAENOPTERIDAE
Genus :  Balaenoptera
Taxon : Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828 Comment on this entry
Legislation Details
Legal Notice CITES Appendix Country Date listed Notes
CITES  I/r  Iceland (IS)  02/04/00 

 

CITES  I/w  former USSR (SU)  26/04/95 

 

CITES  I/w  Canada (CA)  29/10/82 

 

CITES  I/w  Australia (AU)  27/08/81 

 

CITES  I/r  Japan (JP)  06/06/81  Reservation not applicable to stocks (A) in North Pacific and (B) in area 0° longitude to 70° east longitude from the equator to the Antarctic continent

 

CITES  I/r  Norway (NO)  06/06/81  Reservation not applicable to stocks (A) in North Pacific and (B) in area 0° longitude from the equator to the Antarctic continent

 

CITES  I    06/06/81  All popns

 

CITES  I/w  South Africa (ZA)  17/02/81 

 

CITES  II/w  Canada (CA), South Africa (ZA)  28/06/79  Reservation withdrawn as species transferred from II to I

 

CITES  II/r  Canada (CA), South Africa (ZA)  04/02/77 

 

CITES  II    04/02/77  All stocks except those listed on I

 

CITES  I/r  Australia (AU), Canada (CA), former USSR (SU), South Africa (ZA)  04/02/77 

 

CITES  I    04/02/77  N. Pacific stock, and stock in area from 0' to 70'E, from equator to Antarctic continent.

 

Legal Notice EU Annex Country Date listed Notes
EC Reg. No 709/2010 (amending EC Reg. No. 338/97)  A    15/08/10 

 

EC Reg. No 407/2009 (amending EC Reg. No. 338/97)  A    22/05/09 

 

EC Reg. No 318/2008 (amending EC Reg. No. 338/97)  A    11/04/08 

 

EU Habitats Directive (2006/105)  IV    01/01/07 

 

EC Reg. No 1332/2005 (amending EC Reg. No. 338/97)  A    22/08/05 

 

EC Reg. No 1497/2003 (amending EC Reg. No. 338/97)  A    30/08/03 

 

EC Reg. No 2724/2000 (amending EC Reg. No. 338/97)  A    18/12/00 

 

EU Habitats Directive (97/62)  IV    28/11/97 

 

EC Reg. No 338/97  A    01/06/97 

 

EU Habitats Directive (92/43)  IV    21/05/92 

 

Legal Notice Other Annex Country Date listed Notes
CMS  II    23/12/02 

 

CMS  I    23/12/02 

 

Bern Convention  III    01/03/02  Except Mediterranean populations.

 

Bern Convention  II    01/03/02  Mediterranean populations only.

 

CMS - ACCOBAMS  I    01/06/01 

 

SPAW Protocol  II    18/06/00 

 

UNCLOS  I    16/11/94 

 

Whaling convention       10/11/48 

 

National  
Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981  5  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (GB)  28/09/82 

 

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