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NAMMCO has released the report from the Committee on Hunting Methods meeting held online on 11 November 2025 and chaired by Ulla S. Wang (Faroe Islands). Norwegian seal hunter Bjørne Kvernmo [...]

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 [...]

A study by Delbosc and colleagues titled “Development of a conservative automated tonal detector with high performance at a large temporal scale”, was published in the journal Bioacoustics, in [...]

NAMMCO Scientific Publications has released a new paper titled “The Reintroduction of Grey Seal Hunting in Sweden – A Review of Hunting and Seal Population Data (2001–2024)” by Karl Lundström, [...]

NAMMCO has published the latest report of the Committee on Inspection and Observation (CIO) from its meeting on 28 October 2025. The CIO discussed the status of the preparation and plans for [...]

  The latest article in NAMMCO Scientific Publications Vol. 14, by Skye Wynn-Simmonds and colleagues, is titled “Assessing shipping noise as a potential driver of harbour seal (Phoca [...]

A new article titled “Follow-up study after four years shows reduced deterrence effect of pingers on harbour porpoises in Norwegian gillnet fishery” by André Moan and Arne Bjørge has [...]

The first article in Volume 14 is titled “Pinnipeds in New York (1996–2021) are stranding less frequently but human interaction cases are increasing”.  In it, Montello and colleagues [...]

On March 24, 2025, hunters, veterinarians, and decision-makers from 11 regions, gathered in Tromsø (Norway) to tackle a shared priority: improving animal welfare in marine mammal hunting. Hosted [...]

Background After completing my master’s in marine biology at Bangor University, where I focused on the behaviour of bottlenose dolphins, I spent a year working on coral restoration and turtle [...]