The Recovery Plan for Baltic Harbour Porpoises, or Jastarnia Plan, is the result of a collaborative effort organised under the auspices of ASCOBANS. It is the culmination of a series of scientific initiatives and meetings over several years, starting in 1997. The ASCOBANS Parties adopted a series of Resolutions on this issue. The final Recovery Plan was endorsed by the ASCOBANS Parties at their 4th Meeting in 2003.

ASCOBANS now seeks to hire a consultant to prepare a revised version of the ASCOBANS Recovery Plan for Baltic Harbour Porpoises. This work should be undertaken in consultation with the ASCOBANS Secretariat and the Jastarnia Group, in line with the revisions requested by the 15th Advisory Committee (2008).

Applicants are requested to make an offer to the Secretariat by 31 October 2008. Please refer to the Terms of Reference for details.