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We are pleased to welcome NAMMCO’s new team member, Noor Elias, who joined us on the 1st of September! Originally from the Netherlands, Noor brings a diverse academic background and a passion for [...]

A study by Andvik et al., titled “Intercorrelations of Chlorinated Paraffins, Dechloranes, and Legacy Persistent Organic Pollutants in 10 Species of Marine Mammals from Norway, in Light of [...]

A new study by Pöyhönen and colleagues dives into the fine-scale distribution and seasonal presence of sperm whales at high latitudes. The study titled: “High Arctic “hotspots” for sperm whales [...]

Jossey and colleagues published a new study titled “Population structure and history of North Atlantic Blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus musculus) inferred from whole genome sequence analysis” [...]

Frie and Lindström’s paper is titled: “Exploring the effects of methodological choices on the estimation and biological interpretation of life history parameters for harbour porpoises [...]

The NAMMCO Scientific Committee Working Group on By-Catch met up online on May 16, 2024. The meeting was chaired by Kimberly Murray (NOAA, USA). The working group formulated the official data [...]

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 [...]