North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission (NAMMCO) is an international regional body for co-operation on conservation, management and study of marine mammals...
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membership fees, and from grants from organisations such as the North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission (founded by Norway, Iceland, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands...
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Marine mammals are mammals that rely on marine (saltwater) ecosystems for their existence. They include animals such as cetaceans (whales, dolphins and...
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threatened to leave the organisation. In April 1992, the North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission (NAMMCO) was established by the Faroe Islands, Greenland...
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Pacific to the North Atlantic. The commercial whaling industry and the maritime fur trade, which had devastating effects on marine mammal populations, did...
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The Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) was the first act of the United States Congress to call specifically for an ecosystem approach to wildlife management...
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whales in the North Atlantic. The study combined both as they are hard to distinguish at sea. The North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission has noted that...
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and Marine Mammal Protection Act and Canada's Species at Risk Act. There are an estimated 356 individuals in existence in the western North Atlantic Ocean—they...
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energy North American Butterfly Association North American smallpox epidemic North American Solar Challenge North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission North Atlantic...
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Harbour porpoise (category Mammals of North America)
the North Atlantic, an international workshop co-organised by the North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission and the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research...
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of the Baltic, North East Atlantic, Irish and North Seas Atlantic white-sided Dolphin by Frank Cipriano, Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals pp49–51 ISBN 0-12-551340-2...
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Whaling Commission North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission OECD Environment Directorate World Nature Organization Central African Forest Commission Congo...
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Common minke whale (redirect from North Atlantic Minke Whale)
under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Full or partial necropsies have been conducted on over 60% of the minke whales stranded on the Atlantic coast since...
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Walrus (redirect from Atlantic walrus)
walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) is a large pinniped marine mammal with discontinuous distribution about the North Pole in the Arctic Ocean and subarctic seas...
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Blue whale (category Mammals described in 1758)
The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is a marine mammal and a baleen whale. Reaching a maximum confirmed length of 29.9 m (98 ft) and weighing up to...
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Gray whale (redirect from Atlantic Gray Whale)
This mammal is descended from filter-feeding whales that appeared during the Neogene. The gray whale is distributed in a Northeast Pacific (North American)...
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Society for Marine Mammalogy, the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service, and the International Whaling Commission. The North Pacific, North Atlantic and Southern...
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the Faroese Government (English) Information page from the High North Alliance (in favour of whaling) The North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission v t e...
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OSPAR Convention (redirect from Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-east Atlantic)
The Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic or OSPAR Convention is the current legislative instrument regulating...
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right whales. In the fiscal year 2017, the Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Program of NOAA's NMFS, Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office, Protected Resources...
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Cooperation among African States bordering the Atlantic Ocean North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission Organization for the Fishing and Aquaculture Sector...
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Whaling-foreman (category Marine occupations)
Government Information page from the High North Alliance (in favour of whaling) The North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission Information page from the Campaign...
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with the use of purse seine nets. Atlantic menhaden are managed by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC), an interstate compact formed...
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Pygmy sperm whale (category Marine fauna of North America)
of cetaceans along the continental slope in the north-central and western Gulf of Mexico". Marine Mammal Science. 14 (3): 490–607. Bibcode:1998MMamS..14...
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Whaling in Norway (redirect from North Pacific Sea Products)
Peace Prize.[dead link] Pro-whaling entities, such as the North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission, have commented that it is a violation of sovereign rights...
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reflection on the discrete categorization of Northeast Atlantic killer whales". Marine Mammal Science. 39 (1): 345–350. doi:10.1111/mms.12964. ISSN 0824-0469...
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The interactions between marine mammals and sonar have been a subject of debate since the invention of the technology. Active sonar, the transmission equipment...
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International Maritime Organization (associate member) North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission UNESCO (associate member) West Nordic Council Free trade...
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ISBN 0-520-03973-4]; OCLC 8860504 The North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission International Whaling Commission Netherlands Maritime Museum: Nederlands...
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North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization North Pacific Marine Science Organization Northwest Atlantic Fisheries...
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