Gothenburg/Bonn – The ASCOBANS Advisory Committee, a body set up to provide advice and information to Party States on the conservation and management of small cetaceans, convened its 21st meeting in Gothenburg, Sweden, from 29 September to 1 October 2014. The day before, on 28 September, the North Sea Group – a steering group for the Conservation Plan for the Harbour Porpoise in the North Sea – held its 4th meeting.

CMS, which was represented by its Focal Point for North America, participated in an international workshop on marine debris and cetacean impacts held 5-7 August, Honolulu, USA.

Brighton/Bonn - The official WhaleFest 2014 video has been released, showing clips of the event and interviews with celebrities, experts and exhibitors - including ASCOBANS.

The 18th Meeting of the Scientific Council to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) is meeting 1-3 July 2014 at the United Nations Premises in Bonn, Germany. The meeting brings together more than 80 experts from 50 countries including appointed experts covering specific threats, taxa, geographic regions or particular areas of interest to the Convention.