Bringing Whale Superhighways to Life – A New Digital Platform and Game-Changer for Ocean Conservation
A coalition of leading scientists, civil society, governments, tech innovators and WWF have launched BlueCorridors.org. In a major advance for marine conservation, a global coalition of leading scientists, civil society, governments, tech innovators and WWF have launched BlueCorridors.org—a dynamic new platform that brings together three decades of whale tracking data with information on overlapping marine […]
International Workshop on Ship/Whale Collisions at OCEANS 2025
The full program has now been unveiled for the International Ship/Whale Collisions Workshop, taking place on June 16, 2025, as part of the OCEANS 2025 conference in Brest, France. This full-day workshop will unite over 30 global experts in science, conservation, maritime transport, and innovation to address one of the most urgent and growing challenges […]
The CAMAC Project Enters its Second Phase
22 May 2025 – Phase 2 of the CAMAC Project (Conservation of Marine and Coastal Biodiversity in the Caribbean through Strengthened Management and Regional Cooperation) is announced — a major milestone in advancing the protection of marine megafauna across the Wider Caribbean region. The CAMAC project was initially announced in 2022, with an operational period […]
43 new Important Marine Mammal Areas approved in the NW Atlantic and Wider Caribbean
13 February 2025 – 43 new Important Marine Mammal Areas (IMMAs) have been approved and placed on the map in the North West Atlantic Ocean and Wider Caribbean. The new IMMAs highlight habitats for threatened marine life: blue whales, North Atlantic right whales and Rice’s whales, sperm whales, as well as manatees in the south […]
Effectively managing Area-based Management Tools – A new toolkit for the conservation of marine mammals
November 2024 – The Marine Mammals Management Toolkit has be published in Marine Policy, recognising its contribution to improving the effectiveness of management plans for Area-based Management Tools (ABMT). Marine Policy has published a new article highlighting the value and impact of the Marine Mammals Management Toolkit – a tool designed to enhance the management […]
Protecting Blue Whales and Blue Skies Programme Underway for 2024
A Partnership for Cleaner Air, Safer Whales, and a Quieter Ocean Protecting Blue Whales and Blue Skies is a voluntary Vessel Speed Reduction (VSR) Program along the coast of California. By creating seasonal and predictable slow speed zones, this program helps companies protect endangered whales, reduce fuel use and regional greenhouse gas emissions, and improve […]
46 New Candidate IMMAs named for the North West Atlantic and the Wider Caribbean
Mapping the home waters of manatees, polar bears and the critically endangered North Atlantic right whales and Rice’s whales New Candidate Important Marine Mammal Areas (cIMMAs) were announced in May 2024 with names like True’s Beaked Whale Aggregation Area, Terminos Lagoon and St. Vincent-Bequia Channel “Rat Porpoise” Alley. In all, following an intensive week at […]
New IMMAs approved in the North East Atlantic Ocean and Baltic Sea
Concerns raised for endangered species and habitats in the North East Atlantic Ocean and Baltic Sea 27th February 2024 – The IUCN Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force is pleased to announce today the creation of 33 new Important Marine Mammal Areas, called IMMAs, in the North East Atlantic Ocean and Baltic Sea. The newly […]
Webinar: Counting whales from space with SPACEWHALE
New webinar announced showcasing a new monitoring technique to monitor whales and other wildlife species from space – BioConsult’s new service SPACEWHALE counts whales and other wildlife species from space using satellite imagery. These images are screened and evaluated in a semi-automatic process combining state-of-the-art artificial intelligence and quality assurance by marine mammal experts. SPACEWHALE […]
The Impact of the Marine Mammals Management Toolkit: 2020 – 2023
The Marine Mammals Management Toolkit releases its 2020 – 2023 Impact Report, marking the conclusion of the EU-funded Ocean Governance project. Since the Marine Mammal Twinning’s inception as part of the “Transatlantic MPA Project” and subsequently the EU-funded Ocean Governance Project in 2020, efforts have been implemented to develop the technical capacities of marine mammals […]
