ASCOBANS | Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic, North East Atlantic, Irish and North Seas

Symposium on Harbour Porpoise in the Wadden Sea

Harbour Porpoise © Hinrich Bäsemann / GSM
Jastarnia Group Meets in Turku

Meeting participants of the 15th meeting of the ASCOBANS Jastarnia Group © Olli Loisa
World Wildlife Day – Life below Water: for People and the Planet

World Wildlife Day 2019: Life below Water : for People and the Planet
ACCOBAMS and ASCOBANS Establish a Joint Bycatch Working Group
New Paper on Animal Culture Published in the Journal Science

Striped Dolphins © E.Pirotta / Tethys

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Upcoming Meetings & Events

15th Meeting of the Jastarnia Group,
18-20 March 2019, Turku, Finland

Recently Concluded Meetings & Events

Fact Sheet on Marine Noise

Published June 2018

Review of Methods Used to Reduce Risks of Cetacean Bycatch and Entanglements (CMS Technical Series No.38)

Published May 2018

Oceans Full of Plastic

Published November 2015

Chemical Pollution and Marine Mammals

Published August 2013

About ASCOBANS

Migrating cetaceans regularly cross national boundaries. Their protection can only effectively be achieved by means of international cooperation. The aim of the Agreement is to promote close cooperation between countries with a view to achieving and maintaining a favourable conservation status for small cetaceans throughout the Agreement Area.

Upcoming Events

Joint ACCOBAMS-ASCOBANS Workshop on Harmonization of the Best Practices for Necropsy of Cetaceans and for the Development of Diagnostic Frameworks | 24/06/2019

Species of the week

Phocoena phocoena