We are pleased to welcome our new staff to the NAMMCO Secretariat! Maria Garagouni and Naima El bani Altuna joined last Monday our team as the new Deputy Secretaries, focusing on Science and [...]
MINTAG news! Last week, Steering Group members Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen, Rikke Guldborg Hansen and their team tagged fin whales with the fin whale tag in the Angmassilik fjord in East [...]
The paper “Stuck in a corner: Anthropogenic noise threatens narwhals in their once pristine Arctic habitat” by Outi Tervo (Greenland Institute of Natural Resources) and co-authored by NAMMCO [...]
The paper “Prolonged baleen hormone cycles suggest atypical reproductive endocrinology of female bowhead whales” by Nadine Lysiak (Suffolk University, USA) and co-authored by NAMMCO Scientific [...]
The NAMMCO Panarctic Bearded Seal Workshop (BSWS) was held online from the 21st to the 23rd of March 2023, co-Chaired by Peter Boveng (NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center) and Christian Lydersen [...]
After the test shootings of five fin whale tags in Japan in June 2023, the Steering Group decided to change the fin whale tag design for the next tests in August 2023. Kenji Konishi and his team [...]
What is grey, white and pale yellow, likes aerial displays and travels in large groups? Common dolphins! We are happy to announce a brand new species page about one of the most abundant cetaceans [...]
Dear NAMMCO Community, We are pleased to welcome three new members to the Secretariat. These new appointments bring fresh perspectives, diverse expertise, and a deep commitment to marine mammal [...]
The Coastal Seals Working Group (CSWG) met from the 8th to the 11th of May 2023 at the Greenland Representation in Copenhagen, under the Chairmanship of Kjell Tormod Nilssen (IMR, Norway) 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 [...]
