Translations:Beluga whale/54/en

Major pressures include climate-driven changes to sea ice and prey, underwater noise, contaminants, habitat alteration, disease, entanglement, harassment, and unsustainable removal in some contexts. Reduced sea ice may also increase shipping and industrial access while allowing killer whales to enter areas that formerly provided belugas with refuge. Conservation therefore requires population-specific management and protection of both physical habitat and acoustic habitat.