A number of national and international marine conservation strategies recognize bycatch as a leading threat facing whales, dolphins and porpoises, and some strategy documents explicitly acknowledge bycatch as the single greatest threat.

Assembled below are links to the most important bycatch strategy documents, policy papers, resolutions and legislation:

Humpback Whale and Calf WWF-Canon / Cat Holloway

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  > Southeast Asia

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