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Albert has a PhD in Population Ecology (University of Barcelona, 2013) and ample international experience as a researcher in animal population dynamics. Before joining NAMMCO, Albert worked as [...]

We are pleased to welcome our new Scientific Secretary, Albert Chacón, to the NAMMCO Secretariat. Albert is from Barcelona (Spain). He has a PhD in Population Ecology (University of Barcelona, [...]

  Background My first contact with NAMMCO’s work was during my Marine Mammal Sciences Masters in Scotland, where we studied the management of marine mammals and I focussed on the Arctic for [...]

The 28th meeting of the NAMMCO Scientific Committee (SC) was held online January 24 – 28, 2022. The meeting was chaired by Bjarni Mikkelsen (FO) and included observers from Japan, the Russian [...]

Marine Mammals – a Sustainable Food Resource NAMMCO is organising the international conference and gastronomic showcase “Marine Mammals: A Sustainable Food Resource“, [...]

Josephine is a marine scientist with a particular interest in the field of acoustics and behaviour of marine mammals and their interactions with human activities. As an avid surfer, she moved [...]

Christian Lydersen, Tore Haug and Martin Biuw, members of the NAMMCO Scientific Committee, are co-authors on a new study focussing on the niches of marine mammals in the European Arctic, [...]

We are thrilled to announce the fourth Marine Mammal Student Symposium: ‘Connecting scientists, policy-makers and users: How can we cooperate to safeguard marine mammals and their [...]

It is our pleasure to announce the publication of a new article published in Volume 12 of the NAMMCO Scientific Publications series – Marine Mammals in the North Atlantic. The article, [...]

Background I first learned about NAMMCO during my Polar Law studies in Iceland. As we studied the protection and conservation of the Arctic marine environment, the work of the Commission was [...]