Important Marine Mammal Areas
The website of the Marine Mammal Protected Area Task Force and Important Marine Mammal Areas (IMMA) Intiative lists many documents for download including:
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| Report of the Regional Workshop on Mediterranean Important Marine Mammal Areas |
17th February 2017 | Download |
| Working towards Important Marine Mammal Areas (IMMAs): Ground Zero |
4th November 2016 | Map – High Definition |
| IMMA Guidance Document (October 2016) |
21st October 2016 | Download |
| Place-based approaches to marine mammal conservation |
6th September 2016 | Download |
| Joint statement KBA-IMMAs by the IUCN WCPA/SSC Task Forces |
4th November 2015 | Download |
| Summary report of the 3rd International Conference on Marine Mammal Protected Areas (ICMMPA 3) |
1st July 2015 | Download |
| Evaluation of data availability for the application of Key Biodiversity Area criteria for marine mammals |
19th March 2015 | Download |
| Developing important marine mammal area criteria |
13th November 2014 | Download |
| Report of the Workshop for the Development of Important Marine Mammal Area (IMMA) Criteria |
22nd October 2013 | Download |
| Mapping large-scale spatial patterns in cetacean density |
3rd August 2011 | Download |
North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission
NAMMCO, the North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission, Scientific Publications are available online, open-access, at the following website: http://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/NAMMCOSP/index.
The following publications are available:
Volume 1: Ringed Seals
Volume 2: Predators in the North Atlantic
Volume 3: Sealworms
Volume 4: Belugas
Volume 5: Harbour Porpoise
Volume 6: Grey Seals
Volume 7: North Atlantic Sighting Surveys
Volume 8: Harbour Seals
Volume 9: Walrus
Volume 10: Age Estimation
Useful Links
Protecting Wild Dolphins and Whales: Current Crises, Strategies, and Future Projections. 2012. Guest Editors: Lori Marino, Frances Gulland, and E. C. M. Parsons. Journal of Marine Biology.
International Committee on Marine Mammal Protected Areas
Marine Mammals of the Holarctic Conference Proceedings
2016: Marine Mammals of the Holarctic. 2016. Abstracts. Astrakhan, 110 pages (In Russian and English)
2014: International Conference on Marine Mammals of the Holoarctic, St Petersburg, Russia. 22-29 Sept 2014. Collection of Abstracts
2014: Marine Mammals of the Holarctic. 2014. Collection of Scientific Papers. St. Petersburg, 2 volumes. (In Russian and English). Volume 1 and Volume 2.
2010: Marine Mammals of the Holarctic. 2010. Collection of Scientific Papers. Kaliningrad, 653 pages. (In Russian and English).
2008: Marine Mammals of the Holarctic. 2008. Collection of Scientific Papers. Odessa, 632 pages. (In Russian and English). Pages 1 – 18. Pages 19-258. Pages 259-500. Pages 501-631.
ACCOBAMS
The Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans in the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area (ACCOBAMS) website has a large number of documents available for download. These include:
A large number of guidelines:
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| Captivity |
Guidelines for the release of captive cetaceans into the wild
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Guidelines for technical measures to minimise cetacean-fishery conflicts in the Mediterranean and Black Seas
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Guidelines to address the impact of anthropogenic noise on cetaceans in the ACCOBAMS area
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Guidelines for the Establishment and Management of Marine Protected Areas for Cetaceans
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Guidelines for the creteria for the selection of Marine Protected Areas for cetaceans
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| Research |
Guidelines on the granting of exceptions to article II, paragraph 1, for the purpose of non-lethal in situ research in the Agreement area
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| Strandings |
Guidelines for the Development of National Networks of Cetacean Strandings Monitoring
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Guidelines for the establishment of Tissue Banks and Ethical Code
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Guidelines for a coordinated cetacean stranding response during mortality events caused by infectious agents and harmful algal blooms
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Guidelines concerning best practice and procedure for addressing cetacean mortality events related to chemical, acoustic and biological pollution
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| Whale watching |
Guidelines for commercial cetacean-watching in the ACCOBAMS area
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Guidelines for implementing a Pelagos-ACCOBAMS Label for commercial whale watching activities
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ASCOBANS
The website of the Agreement of the Conservation of the Small Cetaceans of the Baltic, North East Atlantic, Irish and North Seas (ASCOBANS) has a large number of documents for download. Below we include the Action Plans..