On 10 April, NAMMCO hosted the 7th Annual Marine Mammal Student Symposium in Tromsø, bringing together students and early-career researchers from marine biology and the law of the sea. This [...]
At NAMMCO’s 32nd Annual Council Meeting, held from 25 to 27 March at the Fram Centre in Tromsø, Norway, the focus was on marine mammal welfare and on the various projects led by NAMMCO. Member [...]
Marine mammals are hunted for food and other resources across various regions of the world, from west to east and north to south, in very different environmental and cultural contexts. A shared [...]
We are excited to announce the 7th Marine Mammal Student Symposium co-organised by North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission, Norwegian Centre for Law of the Sea, and Department of Arctic and [...]
The Committee on Hunting Methods (CHM) met online on 8 October 2024 and the report is now publicly available. A draft procedure has been developed to improve hunters’ participation and [...]
The North Atlantic Sighting Survey (NASS) series have come to an end! The ship survey part of this year’s NASS series finished at the end of august. At that time the Greenland aerial team [...]
A new study by Podolskiy, Teilmann, and Heide-Jørgensen offers new insights into the complex diving behaviour of bowhead whales. The paper, entitled “Synchronization of Bowhead [...]