Bonn/Monaco, 10 February 2021 – Bycatch, or incidental catch in fishing gears, remains the main cause of human influenced mortality affecting cetaceans in all waters around Europe, from the Baltic Sea, through the Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Black Seas.
The ACCOBAMS/ASCOBANS Joint Bycatch Working Group was established in 2019. The First Meeting of this Working Group was originally planned to be held in 2020, but due to the pandemic crisis it has been finally decided to held it online, 10 to 12 February 2021. The provisional schedule can already be found on the meeting page. Terms of Reference of the working group can be found here.
In 2021 we are celebrating the 25th Anniversary of ACCOBAMS, which was signed in November 1996 under the auspices of UNEP/CMS.
A commemorative logo to mark this important milestone was selected amongst many excellent proposals received.
We are deeply thankful to all the authors having submitted their valuable proposals to ACCOBAMS.
We are glad to announce the winning proposal below, following a decision by ACCOBAMS Bureau meeting held in December 2020.
The 25th Anniversary will be celebrated in November 2021, in parallel with the 14th Meeting of the ACCOBAMS Scientific Committee to be held in Monaco.
