Publications and reports

NAMMCO has released the report from the Committee on Hunting Methods meeting held online on 13 May 2026 and chaired by Ulla S. Wang (Faroe Islands). NAMMCO has published the report of the [...]

A study by Celemín and colleagues, titled “Evolution and Organisation of MHC II Genes in Harbour Porpoises: Insights From Long-Read Cetacean Genome Assemblies, Whole Genome Re- Sequencing and [...]

A study by McCarthy and colleagues, titled “Range- Wide Genomic Analysis Reveals Regional and Meta- Population Dynamics of Decline and Recovery in the Grey Seal”, was published in the Science [...]

A study by Sequeira and colleagues, titled “Global tracking of marine megafauna space use reveals how to achieve conservation targets”, was published in the journal Science in June 2025. In [...]

A study by Marc Ruiz-Sagalés and colleagues, titled “Multielement Stable Isotope Ratios in the Baleen of Maternal and Fetal Fin Whales Provide Evidence for the Most Recently Formed Segment of [...]

A study by Jusufovski and Sigurðsson, titled “First trials of commercially available pingers for cetacean bycatch reduction in Icelandic bottom set gillnet fishery”, was published in the [...]

NAMMCO has released its February 2026 committee reports from the Committee on Inspection and Observation (CIO) and the Committee on Hunting Methods (CHM), chaired by Guro Gjelsvik (Norway) and [...]

A study by Descamps and colleagues, titled “Biodiversity changes in Arctic coastal ecosystems under borealization”, was published in the PNAS Nexus Journal in February 2026. Climate change is a [...]

A study by Petitguyot and colleagues, titled “European stranding networks as a tool for monitoring marine mammal populations (Part I): towards optimising the functioning of networks”, was [...]

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 [...]