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Randall R. Reeves, Ph.D. Chairman of IUCN Cetacean Specialist Group, Species Survival CommissionMarine Mammal Species Specialist Group, Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada Scientific Advisory Committee, Ocean Park Conservation Foundation, Hong Kong International Committee for the Recovery of the Vaquita 27 Chandler Lane, Hudson, Quebec, Canada J0P 1H0
Bachelor of Arts, University of Nebraska Research Interests Cetaceans, especially the right whales, monodontids (narwhal and beluga), and river dolphins. Resolution of wildlife conflicts with humans, particularly those involving fishery bycatch, engineering projects in freshwater systems, and toxic contaminants. History of whaling and its implications for present-day status of cetacean populations Related Experience Self-employed in research, writing, and editing, 1976-present Grants, contracts, or consultancies: Marine Mammal Commission, Smithsonian Institution, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Marine Fisheries Service, University of Rhode Island School of Oceanography, U.S. Minerals Management Service, New England Aquarium, Sea World, Hubbs Marine Research Institute, Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Parks Canada, Petro-Canada, People's Trust for Endangered Species, International Whaling Commission, New Zealand Department of Conservation, United Nations Environment Programme, Ocean Park Corporation, Ocean Park Conservation Foundation, World Wildlife Fund Canada, North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission, South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, Greenpeace, Greenland Fisheries Research Institute, Greenland Natural Resources Institute, Greenland Home Rule Government, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, National Geographic Society, National Film Board of Canada, University of Chicago Press, Cetacean Research Institute, Iceland Marine Research Institute, International Fund for Animal Welfare, LGL Limited, Makivik Corporation, San Diego Natural History Museum, Center for Marine Conservation (now The Ocean Conservancy), National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Oceanic Society Expeditions, Oceans Unlimited, Montreal Engineering, IUCN World Conservation Monitoring Centre, IUCN Species Survival Commission. Fieldwork sites: Northern Alaska, Eastern Canadian Arctic, East and West Greenland, Iceland, Eastern and Southern USA, Hawaii, Eastern Canada, Sierra Leone and Nigeria (West Africa), St. Lucia (West Indies), Baja California (Mexico), Pakistan, Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Peru. Research Associate, Smithsonian Institution, Department of Vertebrate Zoology 1976-85 Research Associate, Hubbs Marine Research Institute 1979-88 Research Associate, Arctic Biological Station, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec 1980-91 Chairman of Cetacean Specialist Group, World Conservation Union (IUCN), Species Survival Commission 1997-present, deputy chairman 1992-97, appointed member since 1991 Society for Marine Mammalogy, Member-at-Large, Board of Governors 1988 Fish and Marine Mammal Subcommittee, Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada 1990-99 National Marine Mammal Peer Review Committee, Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans 1996 Canadian Right Whale Recovery Team 1997-98 Scientific Advisory Committee, Endangered Species Recovery Fund, World Wildlife Fund-Canada 1998-2000 Advisory Curator of Cetology, New Bedford Whaling Museum 2002-present Frequent participant in meetings of the Scientific Committee, International Whaling Commission, 1984-present Selected Publications More than 250 scientific and popular articles, technical reports, and book chapters on marine and aquatic animals. Books and journal special issues: Dolphins, Whales, and Porpoises: 2002-2010 Conservation Action Plan for the World's Cetaceans, IUCN-SSC, Gland, Switzerland, 2003. National Audubon Society Guide to Marine Mammals of the World, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2002. Biology and Conservation of Freshwater Cetaceans in Asia, IUCN Species Survival Commission Occasional Paper No. 23, 2000. Conservation and Management of Marine Mammals, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, 1999. Conservation of Marine and Aquatic Mammals, Aquatic Mammals (No. 20.3), 1994. The Bottlenose Dolphin. Academic Press, San Diego, California, 1990. Marine Mammal Research and Conservation in Sri Lanka 1985-1986, United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya, 1989. Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of Eastern North Pacific and Adjacent Arctic Waters: A Guide to their Identification, National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle, Washington, 1982; reprinted by Dover Books, 1988. The Sea World Book of Dolphins, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, San Diego, California, 1987. Close Window |