ASCOBANS News

10th Jastarnia Group Meeting Considers Status of the Harbour Porpoise Populations in the Baltic Sea Region

Bonn, 7 April 2014 - In its 10th Meeting, held at the UN Campus in Bonn, Germany from 1-3 April 2014, the ASCOBANS Jastarnia Group, which deals with the

07 April 2014

Welcome to the new ASCOBANS Website!

As part of the CMS Family Website Project, ASCOBANS is pleased to present today this new online presence.

28 March 2014

Of Marine Life – and Marine Debris

Bonn, 18 March 2014 – WhaleFest 2014 (www.whale-fest.com) aspired to be the world’s biggest celebration of whales and dolphins – and the event on 15 and 16

18 March 2014

SAMBAH: Here are the Baltic Harbour Porpoises!

Bonn, 12 March 2014 – The keenly awaited first results of the SAMBAH Project (Static Acoustic Monitoring of the Baltic Sea Harbour Porpoise) were published last week.

12 March 2014

4-6 May 2011: 18th Meeting of the Advisory Committee, UN Campus, Bonn, Germany

17 December 2010 - Invitations for the 18th Meeting of the ASCOBANS Advisory Committee have been sent out. It will be held from 4-6 May 2011 at the UN Campus in Bonn.

19 February 2014

Season's Greeting from the ASCOBANS Secretariat

Season's Greeting from the ASCOBANS Secretariat

The ASCOBANS Secretariat Team would like to express their gratitude to Valerie Schmidt for preparing this wonderful design for us.

12 February 2014

Winner of Creativity Competition “the Last 300” Announced

ASCOBANS, together with the environmental organizations NABU, Whale and Dolphin Conservation, and OceanCare, today announced the winner of the creativity competition “the Last 300”: 15-year-old Laura Stattkus, who produced a stop motion film entitled “Hello, little whale”.

10 December 2013

The Last 300 – Vote on the Winner of the Baltic Harbour Porpoise Competition!

The creativity competition announced by WDC, NABU and OceanCare in collaboration with ASCOBANS on the occasion of the International Day of the Baltic Harbour Porpoise in May has been an overwhelming success. Ninety-four entries were submitted, exploring through art and design the importance of protecting the last harbour porpoises in the Baltic Sea.

28 October 2013