Publications and reports

A study by Louis and colleagues, titled “Impact of tusk anomalies on the long-term foraging ecology of narwhals”, was published in the journal Ecology and Evolution in November 2025. Narwhals are [...]

The call for papers for Volume 15 of NAMMCO Scientific Publications is now open! The volume will comprise two issues: Issue 1: “Marine mammal abundance: estimates and surveys” is a special topic [...]

The 32nd Meeting of the NAMMCO Scientific Committee was held at the Faroe Marine Research Institute in Tórshavn (Faroe Islands) on 19–22 January 2026. Chaired by Dr Sandra Granquist (Iceland), [...]

A new study by Schiøtt and colleagues, titled “Recaptured ringed seals (Pusa hispida) in Greenland show diving patterns indicative of a behaviour related to daylight”, was published in the [...]

A study by Lopes and colleagues, titled “Population structure and divergence time among East Greenland and West Greenland/Eastern Canadian Arctic narwhals, Monodon monoceros”, was published in [...]

We are excited to announce the 8th Marine Mammal Student Symposium co-organised by the North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission, Norwegian Centre for Law of the Sea, and Department of Arctic and [...]

A study by Mikkelsen and colleagues, titled “Spatial overlap among harbour, ringed and bearded seals in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, during the post-moulting foraging period”, was published in the [...]

The Report of the NAMMCO Working Group on Pilot Whales is now available! The Working Group, chaired by Philip Hammond, met in November 2025 to conduct a stock assessment of long-finned pilot [...]

A new study by De Clerck and colleagues, titled “Trans-Atlantic movements of Atlantic white-sided dolphins, Leucopleurus acutus”, was published in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science in [...]

Ending the year on a positive note, the latest publication in Volume 14 of NAMMCO Scientific Publications estimates low by-catch rates for minke whales in some fishing gears around Norway. The [...]