Publications and reports

  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 [...]

A new chapter by Haug, Folkow, and Biuw, titled “Hooded Seal Cystophora cristata (Erxleben, 1777)”, has been published in the Handbook of the Mammals of Europe (online update 2025). This chapter [...]

A new study by Wams and colleagues, titled “Singers of the high Arctic; Seasonal acoustic presence of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) around Svalbard, Norway”, was published in Scientific [...]

The latest report of the NAMMCO Committee on Inspection and Observation (CIO) has just been published. The report summarises the CIO meeting held online on 6 May 2025, chaired by Guro Gjelsvik [...]

A new study by Lydersen and colleagues, titled “Annual migrations of male sperm whales from high-latitude foraging grounds to low-latitude breeding areas”, was published in Scientific Reports in [...]

This year’s meetings were held in Tromsø, Norway, from 25 to 27 March 2025, with representatives from all four NAMMCO member countries, as well as observer states and inter- and non-governmental [...]

The 2025 MINTAG tagging season has officially begun, with Japan being the first partner country to head out today! The MINTAG project is an international scientific project between the Faroe [...]