NAMMCO ADVISES GOVERNMENTS ON THE CONSERVATION STATUS, SUSTAINABLE REMOVALS AND RESPONSIBLE HUNTING METHODS OF MARINE MAMMALS.

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How we work

NAMMCO looks at the marine ecosystem as a whole, and provides advice based on science, local knowledge and technological developments.

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Why our work is important

Assessing hunting methods and the direct and indirect impacts of human activities are crucial for optimising animal welfare in the hunt and ensuring sustainability of populations.

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Hunted seal species in NAMMCO area
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Hunted cetacean species in NAMMCO area
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Countries where marine mammals consumption provides economic benefits

Marine mammals
are resources

Marine mammal hunting dates back more than 4000 years. In some areas, the hunting still provides food and materials, and upholds important traditions and spiritual links to the past.

NEWS

GROM meeting 13 – 16 March

Copenhagen, Denmark

NAMMCO 25, 4 – 6 April 2017

Nuuk, Greenland

How humans affect
marine mammals

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What NAMMCO does

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Who we are

Four peoples depending on the sea and conserving it

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We cooperate scientifically with

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Logo of International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
Logo of International Whaling Commission (IWC)
Logo of Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic, North East Atlantic, Irish and North Seas (ASCOBANS)
Logo of Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO)

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Observers

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Logo of International Whaling Commission (IWC)
Logo of Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic, North East Atlantic, Irish and North Seas (ASCOBANS)
Logo of the OSPAR Commission
Logo of North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization (NASCO)
Logo of Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO)
Logo of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
Logo of South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (SEAFO)
Logo of North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC)
Logo of Inuit Circumpolar Council
Logo of International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA)
Logo of The Inuvialuit Game Council
Logo of World Conservation Trust
Logo of Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI)
Logo of Livelihood International (LIVIN)

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