17 May 2013 - On the occasion of the International Day of the Baltic Harbour Porpoise, which is celebrated in countries around the Baltic Sea every year on the third Sunday in May, ASCOBANS has par
Established to take forward the implementation of the Recovery Plan for the Baltic Harbour Porpoise (also called Jastarnia Plan), this expert working group met from 16-18 April 2013 in Gothenburg, Sweden, upon the kind invitation of the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management.
12 March 2013 - The ASCOBANS Secretariat warmly welcomes Dr. Bradnee Chambers who has entered on duty as the new Executive Secretary of Convention on Migratory Species (CMS).
4 March 2013 - The CMS Secretariat has issued a call for tender for the design and implementation of harmonized websites of the Secretariats of CMS, AEWA, ASCOBANS and EUROBATS.
21 August 2012- Recognizing that the interactions between debris and cetaceans are not yet fully understood, the 19th Meeting of the ASCOBANS Advisory Committee (20-22 March 2012, Galway, Ireland)
Bonn, 15 August 2012 - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has launched “the Oceans Compact”, a new initiative to protect the oceans and the people whose livelihoods depend on it.
