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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

Blue Corridors and Important Marine Mammal Areas (IMMAs) Travel to the IWC Scientific Committee

5th 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
Humpback whale, Arabian Sea subpopulation©A. Willson and Environment Society of Oman

Moving toward the Implementation of Important Marine Mammal Areas — IMMAs

4th September 2025

De nouvelles Aires Importantes pour les Mammifères Marins (IMMAs) mettent en évidence les habitats des baleines et des dauphins nécessitant une protection dans la Caraïbe et l’Atlantique Nord-Ouest

12th February 2025

Nuevas Áreas Marinas Importantes para Mamíferos Marinos (IMMAs) destacan hábitats de ballenas que necesitan protección en el Atlántico Noroccidental y el Caribe

12th February 2025

New Important Marine Mammal Areas (IMMAs) spotlight whale habitats needing protection in the NW Atlantic and Caribbean

12th February 2025
 

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

18th September 2024

46 New Candidate IMMAs Named for NW Atlantic and Wider Caribbean

20th May 2024
©Elena Gladilina

Oryx Highlights IMMAs in Danger

25th March 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
©Julio Cardoso, Projeto Baleia a Vista Ilhabela

Reconocimiento internacional de los icónicos paraísos de ballenas y delfines de la costa atlántica sudamericana

11th September 2023
©Julio Cardoso, Projeto Baleia a Vista Ilhabela

33 novas Áreas de Importância para Mamíferos Marinhos Aprovadas no Atlântico Sul Ocidental

11th September 2023
©Julio Cardoso, Projeto Baleia a Vista Ilhabela

33 new Important Marine Mammal Areas (IMMAs) approved in an expanding portfolio of global ocean areas awaiting conservation measures

11th September 2023
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