Thursday, 29 June 2017

Lessons from whale population collapse could help future species at risk




Date: June 22, 2017
Source: University of Zurich

The research, carried out by scientists at the University of Zurich and University of Tasmania, used detailed records collected during the commercial whaling of the 20th century and collated by the International Whaling Committee (IWC) -- to look at the effects of overharvesting on whale populations, and used this historic data to help develop methods which can be applied to species of current conservation concern.

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