Cetacean Bycatch Task Force Bio's...

Koen Van Waerebeek, Ph. D.

Director, Peruvian Centre for Cetacean Research (CEPEC)/Centro Peruano de Estudios Cetologicos, Pucusana, Peru.

Ph.D. Zoology, University of Amsterdam
Lic. Biology, State University of Gent, Belgium

Research Interests

  • Fisheries interactions with cetaceans in developing countries
  • Small cetacean taxonomy at specific and subspecific level  
  • Conservation biology and awareness building in developing countries
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  • Distribution patterns and other aspects of natural history of cetaceans in areas of special expertise: Southeast Pacific, West Africa, Arabian Sea
  • Epidemiology of infectious diseases in cetaceans

Related Experience

  • Coordinator for CMS/UNEP Wafcet Programme (West African Cetacean Conservation and Research Programme)
  • Cetacean expert for CITES-Belgium
  • Associate researcher, Department of Oceanography and Fisheries, University of Ghana, Legon

Relevant Publications

Van Waerebeek, K., Barnett, L., Camara, A., Cham, A., Diallo, M., Djiba, A., Jallow, A.O., Ndiaye, E. and Ould Bilal, O.S. 2002. Status and biology of the Atlantic humpback dolphin Sousa teuszii (Kukenthal, 1892). Paper SC/54/SM9, Scientific Committee of IWC, Shimonoseki, Japan, 26 April-10 May 2002.

Van Waerebeek, K., Alfaro-Shigueto, J., Montes, D., Onton, K., Santillan, L. and Van Bressem, M.-F. 2002. Fisheries related mortality of small cetaceans in neritic waters of Peru in 1999-2001. Paper SC/54/SM10, Scientific Committee of IWC, Shimonoseki, Japan, 26 April-10 May 2002.

Baldwin, R., Collins, T., Van Waerebeek, K. and Minton, G. 2002. The Indian Ocean humpback dolphin Sousa plumbea (G.Cuvier, 1829). A status report for the Arabian region. Paper SC/54/SM6, Scientific Committee of the IWC, Shimonoseki, Japan, 26 April-10 May 2002.16pp.

Collins,T., Minton,G., Baldwin,R., Van Waerebeek, K., Davies, A.H. and Cockroft, V. 2002. A preliminary assessment of the frequency, distribution and causes of mortality of beach cast cetaceans in the Sultanate of Oman, January 1999 to February 2002. Paper SC/54/O4, Scientific Committee of IWC, Shimonoseki, Japan, 26 April-10 May 2002.13pp.

Van Waerebeek, K. and Ofori-Danson, P.K. 1999. A first checklist of cetaceans of Ghana, Gulf of Guinea, and a shore-based survey of interactions with coastal fisheries. Paper SC/51/SM35, Scientific Committee IWC, May 1999, Grenada. 9pp.

Van Waerebeek, K., Ndiaye, E., Djiba, A., Diallo, M., Murphy, P., Jallow, A., Camara, A., Ndiaye, P. and Tous, P. 2000. A survey of the conservation status of cetaceans in Senegal, The Gambia and Guinea-Bissau. UNEP/CMS Secretariat, Bonn, Germany. 80pp.

Van Waerebeek, K., Van Bressem, M.F., Alfaro-Shigueto, J., Sanino, G.P., Montes, D., Ontón, K. 1999. A preliminary analysis of recent captures of small cetaceans in Peru and Chile. Paper SC/51/SM17, Scientific Committee IWC, May 1999, Grenada.

Van Waerebeek, K., André, M., Sequeira, M., Martin, V., Robineau, D., Collet, A., Papastavrou, V. and Ndiaye, E. 1999. Spatial and temporal distribution of the minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacépède 1804 in the southern Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea, with comments on stock identity. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 1(3): 223-237.

Van Waerebeek, K., Van Bressem, M.F., Félix, F., Alfaro, J., García-Godos, A., Chávez, L., Ontón, K., Montes, D. and Bello, R. 1997. Mortality of dolphins and porpoises in coastal fisheries off Peru and southern Ecuador in 1994. Biological Conservation 81: 43-49.

Van Waerebeek, K. (1994). A note on the status of the dusky dolphin in Peru. Reports of the International Whaling Commission (Special Issue 15): 525-528.

Van Waerebeek K and JC Reyes. 1994. A note on incidental mortality of southern minke whales off western South America. Reports of the International Whaling Commission (Special Issue 15): 521-523.

Van Waerebeek K and JC Reyes. 1994. Interaction between small cetaceans and Peruvian fisheries in 1988-1989 and analysis of trends. Reports of the International Whaling Commission (Special Issue 15): 495-502.

Van Waerebeek K and JC Reyes. 1994. Post-ban small cetacean takes off Peru: a review. Reports of the International Whaling Commission (Special Issue 15): 503-520.

Vidal O, K Van Waerebeek and LT Findley. 1994. Cetaceans and gillnet fisheries in Mexico, Central America and the Wider Caribbean: a preliminary review. Reports of the International Whaling Commission (Special Issue 15): 221-233.