Meetings

NAMMCO has published the report of the Scientific Committee Working Group on Genetics, which met on 28 of October 2025. Chaired by Morten Tange Olsen (Globe Institute), the meeting aimed to [...]

14-16 January 2026 The Large Whale Assessment Working Group (LWAWG) will meet in January 2026, to assess fin and minke whales for Iceland. Meeting documents 01 – Draft Agenda 02 – Draft List of [...]

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 [...]

The NAMMCO Scientific Committee Working Group on Abundance Estimates (AEWG) held a hybrid meeting on 21 January 2025 at the Fram Centre in Tromsø, Norway, chaired by Daniel Pike (Canada). The [...]

The 31st meeting of the NAMMCO Scientific Committee was held in Tromsø, Norway, from 21 to 24 January 2025, chaired by Aqqalu Rosing-Asvid (Greenland). The meeting brought together scientific [...]

At NAMMCO’s 31st Annual Meeting held in Reykjavík, Iceland, from March 19th to 21st, the spotlight was on sustainable use of marine mammals, animal welfare, and proposals related to conservation [...]

NAMMCO is proud to announce the upcoming 31st Meeting of the Council, which will take place in Reykjavík, Iceland, on 19 – 21 March 2024. The meeting will address the challenges and opportunities [...]

The report of the 30th meeting of the NAMMCO Scientific Committee (SC)  is now available! The SC met for the 30th time on 22–26 January, in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland, led by Chair Aqqalu [...]

The Benchmark Workshop for Harp and Hooded Seals (WKBSEALS) was held from the 22nd to the 26th of May 2023 at the ICES headquarters in Copenhagen, co-chaired by Alejandro Buren (Argentina) and [...]

The report of the 30th meeting of the Council, held 29-30 March, Tromsø, Norway, is now available https://nammco.no/council-reports/. From new technologies and emerging threats to shifting policy [...]