1. Home
  2. Documents
  3. Advisory Committee
  4. 28th Meeting of the Advisory Committee

28th Meeting of the Advisory Committee

Description: 

Risso's dolphin © Steve Geelhoed

Risso's dolphin © Steve Geelhoed.

 

The 28th Meeting of the ASCOBANS Advisory Committee (AC28) is scheduled to be held from 26 to 28 September 2023 in Bonn, Germany.  

For the meeting, Parties are requested to report on pressures and threats to small cetaceans as per UNEP/ASCOBANS/Resolution 8.1 (Rev.MOP9) National Reporting: 

  • Cetacean watching industry
  • Recreational sea use
  • Other sources of disturbance
  • Pollution and hazardous substances (incl. microplastics)
  • Ship strikes
  • Climate change
  • Physical habitat change
  • Other issues related to habitat change and degradation (incl. potential physical impacts)
  • MPAs and other protected areas, e.g. Natura2000 sites
  • Education and outreach

***

Online registration: Please register here by 27 August 2023.  Requests for observer status should reach the Secretariat by 28 July 2023.  A completed registration form serves as a request for observer status.  Please note that approved observer organisations may register until 27 August 2023.  Kindly refer to the Rules of Procedure for the ASCOBANS Advisory Committee.

***

Documents: Meeting documents will be posted on this page as they become available. If you would like to submit information documents relevant to the agenda items, please send them to the Secretariat for consideration by 22 August 2023.

***

If you have any questions about the meeting, please contact the ASCOBANS Secretariat.

Dates
26 Sep 2023 09:00 to 28 Sep 2023 18:00
OrganizerASCOBANS Secretariat
CMS InstrumentASCOBANS
TypeAC
KindOfficial
StatusConfirmed
CountryGermany
CityBonn
VenueFederal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV), Robert-Schuman-Platz 3, 53175 Bonn

Download all files as .zip

Download all files of this section in
EN
Number Title Files
ASCOBANS/AC28/Doc.1.2a Provisional Agenda
ASCOBANS/AC28/Doc.1.2b Provisional Annotated Agenda and Schedule
ASCOBANS/AC28/Doc.1.3 Rules of Procedure for the ASCOBANS Advisory Committee
ASCOBANS/AC28/Doc.2.2 Guidance Materials to Mitigate Impacts of Recreational Speed Crafts
ASCOBANS/AC28/Doc.2.11 Report of the Offshore Renewable Energy Working Group
ASCOBANS/AC28/Doc.2.11b Overview of Current Conservation Status of Relevant Species
ASCOBANS/AC28/Doc.3.1 Action Points from the 19th Meeting of the Jastarnia Group
ASCOBANS/AC28/Doc.3.3 ASCOBANS Conservation Plan for the Harbour Porpoises in the North Sea – Draft Revision
ASCOBANS/AC28/Doc.6.2 Draft List of Dates of Interest to ASCOBANS in 2023-2024
ASCOBANS/AC28/Doc.7.1 Report of the Secretariat on Outreach Activities
ASCOBANS/AC28/Doc.7.2 ASCOBANS Outreach and Education Award 2024
ASCOBANS/AC28/Doc.8.1 Scoping the Development of a European Marine Strandings Database
ASCOBANS/AC28/Doc.8.2 ASCOBANS Conservation Objectives
ASCOBANS/AC28/Doc.8.3 Draft Guidelines for Cetacean-sensitive Maritime Spatial Planning for the ASCOBANS Area
ASCOBANS/AC28/Doc.9 ASCOBANS Work Plan 2021-2024: Overview of Implementation
ASCOBANS/AC28/Doc.16 Proposed Amendments to the ASCOBANS National Reporting Form Regarding Marine Spatial Planning
ASCOBANS/AC28/Doc.17.1 Report on Administrative Issues 2022-2023
ASCOBANS/AC28/Doc.17.2 End of Term Report on Budgetary Issues 2022
ASCOBANS/AC28/Doc.17.3 Mid-term Report on Budgetary Issues 2023
ASCOBANS/AC28/Doc.18 Activities Requiring Funding
ASCOBANS/AC28/Doc.19 Managing workload and expectations around Working Groups

Back to top

Download all files of this section in
EN
Number Title Files
ASCOBANS/AC28/Inf.1.2a/Rev.1 List of Documents
ASCOBANS/AC28/Inf.1.2b/Rev.1 Provisional List of Participants
ASCOBANS/AC28/Inf.2 Summary Compilation of the 2022 National Reports Submitted by ASCOBANS Parties
ASCOBANS/AC28/Inf.2.4 Pilot Assessment of Status and Trends of Persistent Chemicals in Marine Mammals
ASCOBANS/AC28/Inf.2.4b Toxic Tides, Troubled Whales: How Chemical Pollution Harms Cetaceans
ASCOBANS/AC28/Inf.2.11 Environmental impact of sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines
ASCOBANS/AC28/Inf.3.1a/Rev.1 Progress Report on the Jastarnia Plan 2023
ASCOBANS/AC28/Inf.3.1b Current Knowledge and Gaps on Threats to the Critically Endangered Baltic Proper Harbour Porpoise Population
ASCOBANS/AC28/Inf.3.1c Bycatch Mitigation for the Baltic Proper Harbour Porpoise – What To Do If Pingers Are Not an Option?
ASCOBANS/AC28/Inf.3.1d The Baltic Harbour Porpoise: on the Road to Extinction
ASCOBANS/AC28/Inf.3.2/Rev.1 Progress Report on the Conservation Plan for the Harbour Porpoise Population in the Western Baltic, the Belt Sea and the Kattegat 2023
ASCOBANS/AC28/Inf.3.3 Priority Recommendations from the 11th Meeting of the North Sea Group
ASCOBANS/AC28/Inf.3.3b Progress Report on the Conservation Plan for the Harbour Porpoises in the North Sea (North Sea Plan) 2023
ASCOBANS/AC28/Inf.3.4 Recommendations from the 3rd Meeting of the ASCOBANS Common Dolphin Group
ASCOBANS/AC28/Inf.6.1 Reports from Relevant Meetings back to ASCOBANS 2022-2023
ASCOBANS/AC28/Inf.8.2/Rev.1 ASCOBANS Conservation Objectives - Draft Technical Guidance Document
ASCOBANS/AC28/Inf.8.3 Technical Note: Guidance on Cumulative Effects Assessment for Cetacean-Sensitive Maritime Spatial Planning
ASCOBANS/AC28/Inf.8.5 Recommendations from the ASCOBANS-ACCOBAMS Marine Debris Workshop
ASCOBANS/AC28/Inf.8.6 Project report: Prediction of the Cochlear Frequency Maps of Harbour Porpoise
ASCOBANS/AC28/Inf.15 Status of Accession and Acceptance of the Agreement’s Amendment
ASCOBANS/AC28/Inf.16 2022 ASCOBANS National Report Form

Back to top

Download all files of this section in
EN
Number Title Files
ASCOBANS/AC28/Pres.1.4 Guidance on Formulation of Action Points and Recommendations
ASCOBANS/AC28/Pres.2.1 Cetacean Watching Industry - Overview of the Responses Submitted via National Reports
ASCOBANS/AC28/Pres.2.2 Recreational Sea Use - Overview of the Responses Submitted via National Reports
ASCOBANS/AC28/Pres.2.3 Other Sources of Disturbance - Overview of the Responses Submitted via National Reports
ASCOBANS/AC28/Pres.2.4 Pollution And Hazardous Substances - Overview of the Responses Submitted via National Reports
ASCOBANS/AC28/Pres.2.5 Ship Strikes - Overview of the Responses Submitted via National Reports
ASCOBANS/AC28/Pres.2.6 Climate Change - Overview of the Responses Submitted via National Reports
ASCOBANS/AC28/Pres.2.7 Physical Habitat Change - Overview of the Responses Submitted via National Reports
ASCOBANS/AC28/Pres.2.9 MPAs and other Protected Areas - Overview of the Responses Submitted via National Reports
ASCOBANS/AC28/Pres.2.10 Education and Outreach - Overview of the Responses Submitted via National Reports
ASCOBANS/AC28/Pres.2.11a SCANS-IV
ASCOBANS/AC28/Pres.2.11b SAMBAH II
ASCOBANS/AC28/Pres.3.1 The Jastarnia and WBBK Plans - Progress Report 2023
ASCOBANS/AC28/Pres.3.3a The Work of the North Sea Harbour Porpoise Conservation Plan Steering Group
ASCOBANS/AC28/Pres.4.1 The Risso’s Dolphin in Europe: Research & Conservation
ASCOBANS/AC28/Pres.8.1 Scoping the Development of a European Marine Strandings Database
ASCOBANS/AC28/Pres.8.2a ASCOBANS Conservation Objectives
ASCOBANS/AC28/Pres.8.2b Achievability of the ASCOBANS Conservation Objectives: Simulation Results
ASCOBANS/AC28/Pres.8.3a Developing Guidelines for Cetacean-Sensitive Marine Spatial Planning
ASCOBANS/AC28/Pres.8.3b Draft Guidelines for Cetacean-Sensitive Maritime Spatial Planning for the ASCOBANS Area
ASCOBANS/AC28/Pres.8.3c European MSP Assistance Mechanism
ASCOBANS/AC28/Pres.8.4 The Work of the ACCOBAMS-ASCOBANS Joint Bycatch Working Group
ASCOBANS/AC28/Pres.8.6 Prediction of the Cochlear Frequency Map of Harbour Porpoise
ASCOBANS/AC28/Pres.11 Transformative Perspective: A Plea for a Paradigm Shift towards Mindful Conservation

Back to top