IUCN – SSC Cetacean Specialist Group

Useful Links and References

Links to International organizations and initiatives working on cetacean conservation

The follow international (mostly intergovernmental) organizations’ websites contain a wealth of reports and resources that are relevant to cetacean research and conservation and the work of the CSG:

Organization/Initiative	Additional Resources
IUCN	IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN SSC-WCPA Marine Mammal Protected Area Task Force and the Atlas of Important Marine Mammal Areas
IWC – International Whaling Commission	IWC-CMS online Whale Watching Handbook Journal of Cetacean Research and Management Archive of past IWC meeting documents
MMC – Marine Mammal Commission	–
ASCOBANS – Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic, North East Atlantic, Irish and North Seas	–
ACCOBAMS – Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and contiguous Atlantic area	–
CMS – Convention on Migratory Species	–
NAMMCO – the North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission	–
SMM – Society for Marine Mammalogy	Marine Mammal Science
ECS – European Cetacean Society	–

Links to reports and references that are not known to be publicly available on other websites

Marine Mammal Holarctic Conference Proceedings

Marine Mammals of the Holarctic (2000)	full collection of scientific papers following the first International Conference
Marine Mammals of the Holarctic (2002)	full collection of scientific papers following the second International Conference in Baikal, Russia
Marine Mammals of the Holarctic (2004)	full collection of scientific papers following the third International Conference in Koktebel, Crimea, Ukraine
Marine Mammals of the Holarctic (2006)	full collection of scientific papers following the fourth International Conference in St. Petersburg, Russia
Marine Mammals of the Holarctic (2008)	full collection of scientific papers following the fifth International Conference in Odessa, Ukraine
Marine Mammals of the Holarctic (2010)	full collection of scientific papers following the sixth International Conference in Kaliningrad, Russia
Marine Mammals of the Holarctic (2012)	volume 1 collection of scientific papers following the seventh International Conference in Suzdal, Russia
Marine Mammals of the Holarctic (2012)	volume 2 collection of scientific papers following the seventh International Conference in Suzdal, Russia
Marine Mammals of the Holarctic (2014)	volume 1 collection of scientific papers following the eighth International Conference in St. Petersburg, Russia
Marine Mammals of the Holarctic (2014)	volume 2 collection of scientific papers following the eighth International Conference in St. Petersburg, Russia
Marine Mammals of the Holarctic (2016)	volume 1 collection of scientific papers following the ninth International Conference in Astrakhan, Russia
Marine Mammals of the Holarctic (2016)	volume 2 collection of scientific papers following the ninth International Conference in Astrakhan, Russia
Marine Mammals of the Holarctic (2018)	volume 1 collection of scientific papers following the tenth International Conference in Akhangelsk, Russia
Marine Mammals of the Holarctic (2018)	volume 2 collection of scientific papers following the tenth International Conference in Akhangelsk, Russia
Marine Mammals of the Holarctic (2021)	full collection of scientific papers following the eleventh International Conference held virtually

	
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