Risk to Red Sea Whales and Dolphins a Concern, Says New Report
A group of 13 spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) resting under a glassy surface at Samadai Reef, Egypt © A. Cesario The first-ever comprehensive review of whale and dolphin populations in the Red Sea has raised concerns about threats to these migrant species in a marine region where they were thought to be largely sheltered from the impacts of human activity and climate change. A major new report by the Bonn-based Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) provides the only complete record of cetaceans in the Red Sea, which is crossed by some of the most important shipping lanes in the world.