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

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Upcoming Meetings & Events

  • Workshop of the ASCOBANS Intersessional Working Group on National Reporting,
    7-8 February 2019, Bonn, Germany
  • 15th Meeting of the Jastarnia Group,
    18-20 March 2019, Turku, Finland

 

Recently Concluded Meetings & Events

  • 24th Meeting of the ASCOBANS Advisory Committee, Vilnius, Lithuania, 25-27 September 2018

 

 

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Review of Methods Used to Reduce Risks of Cetacean Bycatch and Entanglements (CMS Technical Series No.38)
Published May 2018
Fact Sheet on Marine Noise
Published June 2018
Oceans Full of Plastic
Published November 2015
Chemical Pollution and Marine Mammals
Published August 2013

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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.

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Upcoming Events

  • 15th Meeting of the Jastarnia Group | 18/03/2019

Migratory Species Champion Programme

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Message from the Executive Secretary to mark the 25th anniversary of ASCOBANS

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Grampus griseus

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