Press releases

Governments Adopt Key Measures for the Conservation of Dolphins, Porpoises and other Ocean Species - ASCOBANS MOP10 Press Release

Parties to the Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic, North East Atlantic, Irish, and North Seas (ASCOBANS) agreed on a series of important conservation measures at a meeting held from 10-12 September in Denmark. The agreement covers small migratory marine mammals, such as dolphins and porpoises, which are found in these northern and western European waters. Key outcomes of the 10th Meeting of the Parties to ASCOBANS (MOP10) are aimed at critical threats to these marine mammals. 

13 September 2024

International Meeting to Review Approaches to Cetacean Bycatch

The first meeting of the Joint Bycatch Working Group is being held from 10 to 12 February 2021. Taking advantage of an online format, the meeting is open to interested experts and observers in addition to the working group members. It is attended by more than 150 participants from European, Mediterranean and Black Sea countries, gathering scientists, managers, decision-makers and representatives of the fishery sector.

10 February 2021

Plusieurs pays agissent pour mieux protéger les baleines et les dauphins de la capture accessoire, des produits chimiques et des munitions immergées

Les marsouins communs, les orques et les dauphins communs sont exposés à de nombreuses menaces. La capture accessoire, par exemple, tue de nombreux mammifères marins dans les filets de pêche. Les installations d’énergie marine, le déversement de produits chimiques et les munitions immergées datant des deux guerres mondiales mettent leur vie en danger.

01 September 2016