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Making space, our IMMA comic, now available in Spanish, French and Italian

20th October 2026

Our IUCN Task Force becomes an IUCN Specialist Group

16th October 2026

IMMAs in danger: Task Force message to the President of Mexico

19th May 2026

Making Space, our IMMA comic, now available in Portuguese as Espaços Vivos

24th March 2026

Pink Dolphin Award goes to the Task Force

20th March 2026

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

30th September 2025

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

18th September 2024

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
©Chandra Salgado Kent

Australia and New Zealand IMMA Factsheets now available online!

30th January 2024

IMMAs Celebrated – yet now in danger

23rd October 2023

Students heed the call for Important Marine Mammal Areas in the North East Atlantic

Tail of humpback whale off BrazilInstituto Baleia Jubarte

36 Nuevas Candidatas Propuestas Para Áreas Prioritarias En El Atlántico Suroeste

13th December 2022
Spyhop humpback whale off BrazilInstituto Baleia Jubarte

Anunciadas 36 Novas Candidatas A Áreas Prioritárias No Atlântico Sudoeste

13th December 2022
Instituto Baleia Jubarte

36 new candidate IMMAs announced in the South West Atlantic Ocean

12th December 2022

Remembering the Friendly, Funny, Indispensable Ocean Champion Mike Donoghue

3rd December 2022

Se aprueban 36 nuevas Áreas Importantes para los Mamíferos Marinos (IMMA)

22nd November 2022

36 new Important Marine Mammal Areas (IMMAs) approved

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

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

24th February 2022

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

9th September 2020

Applying the IMMA concept to the bottom of the world

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