ABOUT ACCOBAMS

• Introduction

  • Introduction

  • Text of the Agreement

• Parties and other Riparian States

  • List of Contracting Parties and Signatories

  • List of Focal and Contact Points

  • How to acceed to ACCOBAMS

• Structure

  • Secretariat

  • Meeting of the Parties

  • Bureau

  • Coordination Units

  • Scientific Committee

• Partners

• Activities

  • Whale watching

  • Tissue banks

  • Competitive interactions

  • Emergency Task Force

  • Bycatch

  • Anthropogenic noise

  • Protected areas

  • Ship collisions

  • Habitat degradation

  • Prey depletion

  • Black Sea Conservation Plan

  • Use of indicators

  • Species conservation

  • Eco-labelling

  • Basin-wide survey

  • Capacity building

  • Strandings

• Procedures

  • Research Permits

ABOUT CETACEANS

• Cetacean Species

  • Species occurring in the Black Sea

  • List of species

  • Common names

  • Species occurring in the Mediterranean Sea

  • Species occurring in the ACCOBAMS area

• Threats

  • Overview of known or presumed impacts

MEETINGS

• Meetings of the Parties

• Meetings of the SC

NEWS AND EVENTS

• Accobams News

• Events

EDUCATION

• Capacity Building opportunities

  • Groupe de Recherche sur les Cétacés (NGO, France)

  • University of St Andrews, Scotland

  • University of Aberdeen, U.K.

  • University of Bremen, Germany

  • European Seminar on Marine Mammals

  • University of Pavia, Italy

  • University of Genova, Italy

  • University of Milano, Italy

  • University of Zagreb, Croatia

  • University Marine Biological Station of Millport, Scotland

  • University of Haifa, Israel

  • Archipelagos Institute of Marine & Environmental Research of the Aegean Sea (NGO, Greece)

  • Archipelago Institute of Marine & Environment Research of the Aegean Sea (NGO, Greece)

  • Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust (NGO, U.K.)

  • MEER e.V. (NGO, Germany)

  • Bottlenose Dolphin Research Institute BDRI (NGO, Italy)

  • Morigenos - Marine mammal research and conservation society (NGO, Slovenia)

  • Sea watch Foundation (NGO, U.K.)

  • Earth watch: Spanish Dolphins (NGO, International)

  • EarthWatch: Dolphins of Greece (NGO, International)

  • Tethys Research Institute: Cetacean Sanctuary Research (NGO, Italy)

  • Tethys Research Institute: Ionian Dolphin Project (NGO, Italy)

  • Blue World: Adriatic Dolphin Project (NGO, Croatia)

  • Delphis mdc: Ischia Dolphin Project (NGO, Italy)

  • CIRCE (NGO, Spain)

  • Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute: Cretan Sperm Whale Project (NGO, Greece)

  • Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute: Cretan Sperm Whale Project (NGO, Greece)

  • Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute: Korinthiakos Gulf Dolphin Project

DOCUMENTS

• Official Documents

• Publications

  • Cetaceans of the Mediterranean and Black Seas

• Scientific literature

  • Cetaceans and their environment

  • Threats

  • Interactions with humans

  • Cetacean conservation

  • Research

  • Resources

• Press

DATABASE

FAQ

LINKS

• Cetacean sites

• Conventions and Agreements

• Tools

• Other links

  • Others

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