External meeting
ASCOBANS - 29th Meeting of the Advisory Committee
September 16, 2025
External meeting
ASCOBANS - 29th Meeting of the Advisory Committee
Start date: September 16, 2025
End date: September 18, 2025
Time:
Place: Online
Address:
What is ASCOBANS?
ASCOBANS was concluded in 1991 as the Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas (ASCOBANS) under the auspices of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS or Bonn Convention) and entered into force in 1994. To know more about it.
Description
The 29th Meeting of the ASCOBANS Advisory Committee (AC28) was held online from 16 to 18 September 2025.
For the meeting, Parties are requested to report on pressures and threats to small cetaceans as per UNEP/ASCOBANS/Resolution 10.1 National Reporting:
Noise (impulsive i.e. piling and continuous/ambient i.e. shipping)
Ocean Energy
Unexploded Ordnance
Marine Spatial Planning
Online registration until 17 August 2025.
Requests for observer status should reach the Secretariat by 18 July 2025. A completed registration form serves as a request for observer status. Please note that approved observer organisations may register until 17 August 2025. Kindly refer to the Rules of Procedure for the ASCOBANS Advisory Committee.
For the meeting, Parties are requested to report on pressures and threats to small cetaceans as per UNEP/ASCOBANS/Resolution 10.1 National Reporting:
Noise (impulsive i.e. piling and continuous/ambient i.e. shipping)
Ocean Energy
Unexploded Ordnance
Marine Spatial Planning
Online registration until 17 August 2025.
Requests for observer status should reach the Secretariat by 18 July 2025. A completed registration form serves as a request for observer status. Please note that approved observer organisations may register until 17 August 2025. Kindly refer to the Rules of Procedure for the ASCOBANS Advisory Committee.