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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 [...]

Hi NAMMCO! My name is Josephine Schulze and I will be joining the Secretariat as the new intern in early January – at this moment I am still in Antarctica, working as a naturalist and guide [...]

The NAMMCO Scientific Committee ad hoc Working Group on Narwhal in East Greenland (NEGWG) met in October 2021 under the chairmanship of Roderick Hobbs (USA). The [...]

The By-Catch Working Group of NAMMCO’s Scientific Committee met in October 2021 under the chairmanship of Kimberley Murray (USA). The meeting was attended by members of the Scientific [...]

Kathrine Ryeng, chair of NAMMCO’s Committee on Hunting Methods, is the primary author of a new study that focused on the health status of by-caught harbour porpoises and was recently published in [...]

The North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission (NAMMCO), based in Tromsø in northern Norway, has an opening for a Scientific Secretary as soon as possible at the earliest convenience of the [...]

Polar Research, the scientific journal of the Norwegian Polar Institute, has published their new volume “Beluga whales: knowledge from the wild, human care and Traditional Ecological Knowledge”. [...]