The Agreement for the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area (ACCOBAMS) this month provided an update on efforts to monitor the abundance and distribution of cetaceans in the ACCOBAMS region. The update specifically highlighted trials carried out through the Sphyrna Odysee project in mid-March off the coast off the French Mediterranean [...]
Archive | March, 2020
NROC Announces Abbreviated Agenda for Upcoming Webinar
The Northeast Regional Ocean Council today announced that the upcoming virtual Ocean Policy Committee meeting will feature an abbreviated agenda and will be one part of a series of webinars to replace the previously scheduled in-person meeting. The meeting was originally scheduled to be held in-person but was changed to webinar due to the pandemic. The webinar will include [...]
Coast Guard Seeks Comments on North Carolina Port Access Route Study
The U.S. Coast Guard today announced that comments are being sought by Monday, May 18 on a Port Access Route Study to determine whether existing or additional vessel routing measures are needed along the North Carolina coast and in approaches to the Cape Fear River and Beaufort Inlet. Requests for a public meeting are due by Friday, April 17. [...]
UN Postpones Intergovernmental Conference
The United National General Assembly today postponed the fourth (and possibly final) session of the United Nations Intergovernmental Conference on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction, which had been scheduled to take place March 23-April 4 in New York, NY. Citing “the situation concerning the coronavirus disease” in its decision, the [...]
