Celebration of the centenary of the creation of the International Hydrographic Organisation

On Monday 21 June, ACCOBAMS participated to the celebration of the centenary of the creation of the International Hydrographic Organisation (IHO), founded in Monaco on the initiative of Prince Albert I.

On this World Hydrography Day, the 94 Member States were able to meet physically at the IHO’s headquarters in Monaco or virtually, thanks to a retransmission of speeches by H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco, Dr. Mathias Jonas, IHO Secretary General, Engineer General Laurent Kerléguer, Director General of the French Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service (Shom), and H.E. Peter Thomson, UN Special Envoy for the Ocean.

Group photo ©Direction de la Communication – Stéphane Danna

20th May 2021 : European Maritime Day – the municipality of Cascais, Portugal, launches the “Alert Dolphins!” awareness campaign

ACCOBAMS participated to the launch of the citizen science campaign “Alert Dolphins!”

This community outreach project aims at:
. Raising awareness on how to act in case of dolphin and other cetacean sightings on the Cascais coast,
. Raising awareness among boat owners on how to approach dolphins in a respectful way, and
. Creating a database of dolphin sightings on the Cascais coast, accessible via the platform created for this purpose on the Cascais Environment website.

More information here