Publications and reports

A new study by Pöyhönen and colleagues dives into the fine-scale distribution and seasonal presence of sperm whales at high latitudes. The study titled: “High Arctic “hotspots” for sperm whales [...]

Jossey and colleagues published a new study titled “Population structure and history of North Atlantic Blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus musculus) inferred from whole genome sequence analysis” [...]

A new study by Podolskiy, Teilmann, and Heide-Jørgensen offers new insights into the complex diving behaviour of bowhead whales. The paper, entitled “Synchronization of Bowhead [...]

The Committee on Hunting Methods met online 20 June 2024 and the report is now available online. The Committee reviewed the 2023 catch database, and discuss to proceed with securing hunter [...]

The NAMMCO Working Group on Enhancing User Involvement in NAMMCO Decision Making (UIWG) held an online meeting on June 25, 2024, and the report is now available online. During the meeting the [...]

Frie and Lindström’s paper is titled: “Exploring the effects of methodological choices on the estimation and biological interpretation of life history parameters for harbour porpoises [...]

A new peer-reviewed note by Mike O. Hammill and colleagues, entitled “Application of the Precautionary Approach to the Management of Marine Mammals in Northern Canada”, published in [...]

Lonnie Mikkelsen and co-authors (2024) investigated the behaviour of 40 male walruses (Odobenus rosmarus), which they tagged with GPSs in the Svalbard Archipelago. The aim of this study was to [...]

The NAMMCO Scientific Committee Working Group on By-Catch met up online on May 16, 2024. The meeting was chaired by Kimberly Murray (NOAA, USA). The working group formulated the official data [...]

The meetings were held in Reykjavík, Iceland on 19-21 March 2024. Representatives from all four NAMMCO Member countries, as well as Observer countries, and inter- and non-governmental [...]