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The meetings were held in Reykjavík, Iceland on 19-21 March 2024. Representatives from all four NAMMCO Member countries, as well as Observer countries, and inter- and non-governmental [...]

We are pleased to announce the first publication of Volume 13 of the NAMMCO Scientific Publications series – Marine Mammals in the North Atlantic (II). The article, “Addressing epistemic [...]

The Committee on Inspection and Observation (CIO) of NAMMCO has released its latest report. The report summarises the latest CIO meeting held online on the 16th of May 2024 and chaired by Ulla S. [...]

NAMMCO is committed to making marine mammal hunting both safe and efficient, with a focus on reducing the time to death for the animals and ensuring the safety of hunters. At the heart of this [...]

We are happy to announce that the call for papers for Volume 14 of the NAMMCO Scientific Publications series is now open! This volume’s theme will be “Anthropogenic Impacts on Marine Mammals”. We [...]

The 6th annual Marine Mammal Student Symposium took place on Friday, 19th of April 2024. The event was co-organised by the NAMMCO (North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission), NCLOS – Norwegian [...]

The Committee on Inspection and Observation (CIO) is responsible for overseeing and monitoring human activities, such as hunting, through the implementation of the Observation Scheme. This scheme [...]

Last week, NAMMCO Secretariat joined the celebration of World Food Day by sharing food-related content on our Facebook page. World Food Day is an annual international celebration of the founding [...]

MINTAG news! Last week, Steering Group members Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen, Rikke Guldborg Hansen and their team tagged fin whales with the fin whale tag in the Angmassilik fjord in East [...]

After the test shootings of five fin whale tags in Japan in June 2023, the Steering Group decided to change the fin whale tag design for the next tests in August 2023. Kenji Konishi and his team [...]