Editing Pygmy right whale (section)

== Conservation ==
The pygmy right whale is listed on Appendix II <ref name="Appendices">"[http://www.cms.int/documents/appendix/Appendices_COP9_E.pdf Appendix II] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611112003/http://www.cms.int/documents/appendix/Appendices_COP9_E.pdf |date=11 June 2011 }}" of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS). As amended by the Conference of the Parties in 1985, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2005 and 2008. Effective: 5 March 2009.</ref> of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS). It is listed on Appendix II,<ref name="Appendices"/> as it has an unfavourable conservation status or would benefit significantly from international co-operation organised by tailored agreements.

The pygmy right whale is also covered by Memorandum of Understanding for the Conservation of Cetaceans and Their Habitats in the Pacific Islands Region ([[Pacific Islands Cetaceans Memorandum of Understanding|Pacific Cetaceans MOU]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pacificcetaceans.org/ |title=CMS Pacific Cetaceans MOU for Cetaceans and their Habitats in the Pacific Islands Region }}</ref>