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Presenting the Important Marine Mammal Area (IMMA) story in graphic form

30th September 2025
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Global Fishing Watch introduces an Important Marine Mammal Area (IMMA) layer on their portal

18th September 2024
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IMMAs focus the spotlight on marine mammal species and special habitats requiring protection in the North East Atlantic Ocean and Baltic Sea

25th February 2024
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©Chandra Salgado Kent

Australia and New Zealand IMMA Factsheets now available online!

30th January 2024
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IMMAs Celebrated – yet now in danger

23rd October 2023
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Students heed the call for Important Marine Mammal Areas in the North East Atlantic

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Tail of humpback whale off BrazilInstituto Baleia Jubarte

36 Nuevas Candidatas Propuestas Para Áreas Prioritarias En El Atlántico Suroeste

13th December 2022
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Spyhop humpback whale off BrazilInstituto Baleia Jubarte

Anunciadas 36 Novas Candidatas A Áreas Prioritárias No Atlântico Sudoeste

13th December 2022
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Instituto Baleia Jubarte

36 new candidate IMMAs announced in the South West Atlantic Ocean

12th December 2022
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Remembering the Friendly, Funny, Indispensable Ocean Champion Mike Donoghue

3rd December 2022
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Se aprueban 36 nuevas Áreas Importantes para los Mamíferos Marinos (IMMA)

22nd November 2022
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36 new Important Marine Mammal Areas (IMMAs) approved

22nd November 2022
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Stranded Cuvier's Beaked Whale©Anestis ARION

Three stranded Cuvier’s beaked whales raise the red flag: Stop that noise!

24th February 2022
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New Publications Celebrate Identification of 159 Important Marine Mammal Areas (IMMAs) in a Third of the Ocean

9th September 2020
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Applying the IMMA concept to the bottom of the world

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Humpback Whale migration on Google Earth’s Voyager Story

14th June 2018
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IMMAs: A New Spatial Tool Making Waves for Ocean Conservation

18th October 2017
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Important Marine Mammal Areas featured on MPA News

16th December 2016
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