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

New Study Shows the Importance of Migratory Connectivity for Global Ocean Policy

Shortfin Mako © Oceans and Coast Team South Africa
Action Plan for the Common Dolphin Launched

© IFAW
Inger Andersen Visits CMS Family

The newly-appointed UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme, Inger Andersen, paid a visit to Bonn to meet the staff of the CMS Family © Aydin Bahramlouian
Joint ACCOBAMS-ASCOBANS Cetacean Necropsy Workshop in Padua

Workshop participants in Padua. © Cristina Otero Sabio
Acting CMS Executive Secretary Enters on Duty

Ms. Amy Fraenkel, Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals © Florian Keil

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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

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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9th Meeting of the Parties | 08/09/2020

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