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        • Decreasing Arctic Sea Ice
      • Pollution
        • Contaminants
        • Marine Debris
        • Microplastics
      • Disturbance
      • By-catch, entanglement and ship strike
      • Noise
      • Hunting
        • Hunting: past & present
      • Cumulative Impacts
        • Stressors affecting marine mammals
        • Many drops make a river
    • Responsibility
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      • Making hunting safe and efficient
      • Observing hunting activities
      • Disseminating Facts & Science
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      • Atlantic Walrus
      • Bearded Seal
      • Grey seal
      • Harbour Seal
      • Harp Seal
      • Hooded Seal
      • Ringed Seal
    • Whales, Dolphins & Porpoises
      • Atlantic white-sided dolphin
      • Beluga
      • Blue whale
      • Bowhead Whale
      • Common bottlenose dolphin
      • Common Dolphin
      • Common Minke Whale
      • Fin Whale
      • Harbour porpoise
      • Humpback Whale
      • Killer whale
      • Long-finned Pilot Whale
      • Narwhal
      • Northern Bottlenose Whale
      • Other Beaked Whales
      • Risso’s dolphin
      • Sei whale
      • Sperm whale
      • Striped dolphin
      • White-beaked dolphin
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      • Struck and Lost
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Press Releases

 28 March 2025: 32nd NAMMCO Annual Meeting – Strengthening Regional Cooperation for Sustainable and Responsible Marine Mammal Management
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By Naima El bani Altuna
In Council, News, Press Releases
Posted 28/03/2025

28 March 2025: 32nd NAMMCO Annual Meeting – Strengthening Regional Cooperation for Sustainable and Responsible Marine Mammal Management

At NAMMCO’s 32nd Annual Council Meeting, held from 25 to 27 March at the Fram Centre in Tromsø, Norway, the focus was on marine mammal welfare and on the various projects led by NAMMCO. Member [...]

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 25 March 2025: Marine Mammal Welfare Workshop – Increased attention to welfare in marine mammal hunting
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By Naima El bani Altuna
In Meetings, News, Press Releases
Posted 25/03/2025

25 March 2025: Marine Mammal Welfare Workshop – Increased attention to welfare in marine mammal hunting

Marine mammals are hunted for food and other resources across various regions of the world, from west to east and north to south, in very different environmental and cultural contexts. A shared [...]

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 22 March 2024: 31st NAMMCO Annual Meeting – Commitment to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals at NAMMCO’s Annual Meeting
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By Naima El bani Altuna
In Meetings, News, Press Releases
Posted 22/03/2024

22 March 2024: 31st NAMMCO Annual Meeting – Commitment to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals at NAMMCO’s Annual Meeting

At NAMMCO’s 31st Annual Meeting held in Reykjavík, Iceland, from March 19th to 21st, the spotlight was on sustainable use of marine mammals, animal welfare, and proposals related to conservation [...]

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 18 March 2024: 31st Meeting of the Council 19 – 21 March 2024, Reykjavík, Iceland
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By Naima El bani Altuna
In Meetings, News, Press Releases
Posted 18/03/2024

18 March 2024: 31st Meeting of the Council 19 – 21 March 2024, Reykjavík, Iceland

NAMMCO is proud to announce the upcoming 31st Meeting of the Council, which will take place in Reykjavík, Iceland, on 19 – 21 March 2024. The meeting will address the challenges and opportunities [...]

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 Press Releases
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By Charlotte Winsnes
In Library, Press Releases
Posted 11/10/2016

Press Releases

Press releases Here you will find the press releases from the most recent years. If you are interested in earlier press releases, please contact the Secretariat. Press Release NAMMCO 30 [...]

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