#DYK: The #vaquita porpoise population declined 90% between 2011 and 2016, leaving only an estimated 30 individuals. Read more in "Upper Gulf of California: Saving the Vaquita" ow.ly/esEv30kwQx5 UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 Catalina Lopez 📸: 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗻

Week long workshop concludes with 45 candidate Important Marine Mammal Areas #IMMAs proposed for #whales, #dolphins, #seals & #dugong in Australia-NZ-SE Indian Ocean by mmpatf

We used tracking data for 17 marine predator species to model Areas of Ecological Signficance across the whole Southern Ocean. Read about it in @nature: nature.com/articles/s4158…

Ari Friedlaender, 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗻 and I write on "Marine mammal movement ecology in a conservation and management context" in the latest volume in the Ethology and Behavioral Ecology of Marine Mammals series. link.springer.com/chapter/10.100… DM for PDFs of the chapter.

🗨️ “That’s where we hope this work we’re doing right now will make a difference. The more evidence we have, the more effective and strong we can make the #Marine Protected Areas in #Antarctica," says Chris Johnson 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗻, WWF Whales & Dolphins. #WhaleWednesday theage.com.au/environment/co…

"As climate change & krill fishing intensify in #Antarctica, the urgency to expand our knowledge of #whales critical foraging areas, and design and implement effective protection measures is paramount" #MPAs #krill WWF Whales & Dolphins WWF US 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗻 worldwildlife.org/stories/uncove…

Exciting news! 🎉 Last weekend BBC News (World) released a groundbreaking documentary on #ClimateChange, featuring astonishing discoveries from Antarctic whales! youtube.com/watch?v=zy1wVc… Follow WWF's Chris Johnson 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗻 to find out how these majestic giants and tiny krill are

Joshua Wilson and I led the data curation for a new initiative from WWF Whales & Dolphins in collaboration with Ode Partners + data from >50 research groups. BlueCorridors.org is an interactive tool that brings whale migrations to life!

What happens when a reef gets protection and is more than a "paper park"? Sums it all up here! #infographic

Around 60 #vaquitas surviving on Earth, RT to raise awareness. wwf.is/ct0n3021etP

First blue whales sighted off Kenya since whaling ended in the 1970s tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.298…

Always happy to see 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗻 's #vaquita footage; this time on story by @PriceCBS8 -- complex issue, massive challenges ahead.