Publications and reports

A new study by Sigurðsson and colleagues, titled “Spatiotemporal co-occurrence of whales and capelin on the east Greenland shelf during autumn”, was published in the journal Marine Biology in [...]

A study by Freitas and colleagues, titled “Impact of baleen whales on ocean primary production across space and time”, was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [...]

NAMMCO has released the report from the Committee on Hunting Methods meeting held online on 11 November 2025 and chaired by Ulla S. Wang (Faroe Islands). Norwegian seal hunter Bjørne Kvernmo [...]

NAMMCO has published the report of the Scientific Committee Working Group on Genetics, which met on 28 of October 2025. Chaired by Morten Tange Olsen (Globe Institute), the meeting aimed to [...]

A study by Delbosc and colleagues titled “Development of a conservative automated tonal detector with high performance at a large temporal scale”, was published in the journal Bioacoustics, in [...]

  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 [...]