Research and Monitoring Action Plan The Research and Monitoring Action Plan (REAP) is key to achieve the main goals of this Action Plan concerning (1) assessing and addressing of threats and (2) monitoring of the recovery of whale populations. Goal 1. Assess the distribution, status and trends of whale populations. Time Indicator Priority scale1 Action Species/Stock Objective Strategy Moderately Moderately Successful Unsuccessful Successful Unsuccessful A1 All species Define and Develop Whale stocks Whale stocks Whale stocks Whale stocks High Long term refine whale identified for all identified for identified for identified for few stock approaches, species, with most of some species, species, with identity. increase great increase species, with with some poor sampling sampling effort on sampling moderate increase on effort and area and area effort and area increase on sampling effort coverage. coverage for coverage. sampling effort and area stock identity. and area coverage. coverage. A2 All Determine Develop Critical areas Critical areas Critical and Critical areas Low Medium species/stocks habitat use and habitat use and habitat use habitat use and habitat use term patterns identified for all identified for identified for identified for and critical approaches, species, with most of some species, few species, areas. increase great increase species, with with some with poor sampling effort on sampling moderate increase on increase on and area effort and area increase on sampling effort sampling effort coverage for coverage. sampling effort and area and area habitat use and and area coverage. coverage. critical areas coverage. identification.
Research and Monitoring Action Plan The Research and Monitoring Action Plan (REAP) is key to achieve the main goals of this Action Plan concerning (1) assessing and addressing of threats and (2) monitoring of the recovery of whale populations. Goal 1. Assess the distribution, status and trends of whale populations. Action Species/Stock Objective Strategy Indicator Priority Time scale1 Successful Moderately Successful Moderately Unsuccessful Unsuccessful A1 All species Define and refine whale stock identity. Develop approaches, increase sampling effort and area coverage for stock identity. Whale stocks identified for all species, with great increase on sampling effort and area coverage. Whale stocks identified for most of species, with moderate increase on sampling effort and area coverage. Whale stocks identified for some species, with some increase on sampling effort and area coverage. Whale stocks identified for few species, with poor sampling effort and area coverage. High Long term A2 All species/stocks Determine habitat use patterns and critical areas. Develop approaches, increase sampling effort and area coverage for habitat use and critical areas identification. Critical areas and habitat use identified for all species, with great increase on sampling effort and area coverage. Critical areas and habitat use identified for most of species, with moderate increase on sampling effort and area coverage. Critical and habitat use identified for some species, with some increase on sampling effort and area coverage. Critical areas and habitat use identified for few species, with poor increase on sampling effort and area coverage. Low Medium term