Wädenswil/Switzerland, 21. December 2021. In recent decades, the European Union Member States have remained largely silent on the killing of small cetaceans in the Faroe Islands, shying away from criticising a brutal and obsolete tradition. Today marks a turn-around...
Three years have passed since Japan announced it would leave the International Whaling Commission (IWC), the global organisation which regulates whaling and the conservation of whale populations, and which banned commercial whaling worldwide in 1986. The announcement...
Vision for the International Whaling Commission (IWC) In early December, the International Whaling Commission celebrated its 75th anniversary and working with several other conservation and welfare organisations, OceanCare hosted an on-line event to mark this occasion...
From 1 January 2025, all ships sailing in the Mediterranean Sea will be obliged to switch to fuels with a maximum sulphur content of 0.1% or install gas cleaning systems to achieve the same objective The health and environmental benefits will be felt far and wide, and...
All but two whale and dolphin species in the Mediterranean now classified as threatened in the IUCN Red List, with four populations Critically Endangered Wädenswil/Vienna, 9th December 2021: Today, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) released its...
Whale conservation in dire straits, International Whaling Commission at the crossroads – NGO Vision Paper on the IWC’s 75th anniversary Wädenswil/Washington D.C., 2nd December 2021. The International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling celebrates its 75th...
Wädenswil, 30 November 2021: OceanCare is carrying out a strategically planned generational change: As of 1 January 2022, Fabienne McLellan will take over the management of the international marine conservation organisation. Sigrid Lüber, founder of OceanCare, will...
Wädenswil, 22. November 2021: Today, OceanCare releases its report titled “Deep-Sea Mining: A noisy affair”. It is the first in-depth analysis addressing concerns about noise emissions from exploration and expected exploitation activities in the deep-sea and their...
Hermann Awo was a genuinely honourable man. There are few who can wear this mantle, and so young; who have that inherent character embedded into their very being, but Hermann was one of these rarities. Quietly enthusiastic and passionate about his chosen academic...
The Cetacean Migration Corridor Management Plan shall be a key tool to advance the fight against climate change and underwater noise. Following the important international appreciation granted to Spain by the Barcelona Convention (UNEP/MAP) by declaring the Cetacean...
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