I am co-author of a new publication on dugongs in the Arabian Gulf region. This is Chapter 4 in the Global assessment report on the status of dugongs in the world, prepared by the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals CMS, and published in their Technical Series:

Marsh, H., Alqahtani, T., Arosa, S., Beech, M., Blair, D., Burt, J.A., Das, H., Khamis, A., Loates, P., Marshall, C., McKenzie, L., Pilcher, N., Rabaoui, L., and Wong, J. (2025). Arabian/Persian Gulf. Chapter 4 [Pages 97-122 ] in Marsh, H., Loates, P.J. and Schramm, L. (eds.). Global assessment of dugong status and conservation needs. Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals CMS. Technical Series Publication No. 51.
ISBN: 978-3-937429-40-3  https://doi.org/10.25903/0ncx-v838

You can download the:

PDF (Main report) – Published version
Available under License Creative Commons Attribution.
Download (34MB)

PDF (Executive summary) – Published Version
Available under License Creative Commons Attribution.
Download (4MB)

You can also watch a video about this report at:

Last updated: 17 October 2025