LifeWeb-Spain UNEP-CEP Meeting on Scenarios for Transboundary Marine Mammal Management in the Wider Caribbean” to be held 23th - 24th of April 2014 in San Juan, Puerto Rico : Marine Spatial Planning and Transboundary Management of Marine Mammals in the Wider Caribbean

Abstract

The present document outlines the process in the application of marine spatial planning and the work of the expert group of in developing scenarios for transboundary management of marine mammals in the region, with two priority areas were selected to that purpose: one from Venezuela to French Guiana and the second one from the Dominican Republic down to Grenada and Barbados. This pilot scenario exercise builds upon data also generated by the LifeWeb Project under component “Data integration and Mapping”. The Wider Caribbean waters harbor close to 34 different species of marine mammals, including—six species of baleen whales (Mysticeti), 24 species of toothed whales (Odontoceti), one sirenian, and three pinnipeds.