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48 NEW CANDIDATE IMMAS ANNOUNCED FOR MANY SPECIES FROM OTTERS TO BLUE WHALES  2022-06-25
Russian Study Lays Groundwork For IMMAs In The Western North Pacific  2022-02-22
One World Ocean  2021-06-08
23 New Candidate IMMAs In Black/ Caspian Seas  2021-03-06
Workshop To ID IMMAs In Black Sea, Turkish Straits, Caspian Sea  2021-02-19
Important Marine Mammal Areas Come Of Age  2020-11-23
New Publications On Important Marine Mammal Areas  2020-09-25
13 New Important Marine Mammal Areas Approved In The Antarctic Region  2020-08-05
Fighting For Healthy Seas For Whales, Dolphins And Ocean Ecosystems  2020-06-19
New Candidate IMMAs For Australia-New Zealand Region  2020-02-25
Thirty New IMMAs Awarded In NE Indian Ocean  2019-02-01
Southern Ocean And Subantarctic Islands Workshop Identifies 15 Candidate Important Marine Mammal Are  2018-10-21
High Seas International Conference (France) Considers IMMAs As Key High Seas Tool  2018-06-30
46 New Candidate Important Marine Mammal Areas (IMMAs) For The NE Indian Ocean-SE Asian Seas  2018-03-27
IMMA Resolution Agreed At CMS CoP  2017-11-01
Defining Where Whales And Dolphins Live  2017-10-23
BuiIding Transatlantic Partnerships Among MPAs With Whales And Dolphins  2017-10-10
ICMMPA4 Opens In Mexico  2016-11-14
Putting IMMAs On The Conservation Map  2016-11-04
Ross Sea Region MPA Designation — Largest MPA To Date  2016-11-02
1st IMMA Workshop Puts Marine Mammal Habitat In The Spotlight  2016-10-22
New Zealand Protects Vast Kermadec Islands MPA  2015-09-30
ICMMPA3 Marine Mammal Protected Areas Conference PROCEEDINGS - Available For Free Download  2015-07-21
Important Marine Mammal Areas (IMMAs) Seen As Useful Development By Convention On Migratory Species  2014-12-01
Third International Conference On Marine Mammal Protected Areas Highlights Importance Of Place And  2014-11-17
Ross Sea Marine Reserve Turned Down Again By CCAMLR  2014-10-31
New Zealanders Willing To Pay To Protect Dolphin Habitats  2014-07-26
Obama To Create World's Largest Highly Protected MPA  2014-06-18
Economic Study Shows Kiwis Favour Big MPA To Save NZ Dolphin  2013-12-31
IUCN Marine Mammal Task Force At IMPAC 3 In Marseille France  2013-11-15
New IUCN Task Force Debuts On Marine Mammal Protected Areas  2013-10-19
Russia Blocks Global Push For Ross Sea MPA  2013-07-17
Palau Proposes Comprehensive Marine Protected Area  2013-03-19
Is Australia Making Phony MPAs?  2012-12-11
Australia Rolls Out World's Largest MPA Network  2012-11-16
Ross Sea & Antarctic MPA Talks Fail  2012-11-02
Big MPAs Extend Ocean Coverage To 2.3%  2012-10-15
Cook Islands — Delivering On The Promise Of A Big MPA  2012-09-04
New Caledonia's Big New MPA  2012-09-03
Australia Rolls Out World's Largest MPA Network  2012-06-19
Homes For Whales & Dolphins Now On Google Earth  2012-05-25
Antarctic Ocean Alliance Calls For MPAs For 19 Critical Antarctic Areas  2012-05-21
New Map For Ross Sea Region Marine Reserve  2012-04-10
Windfarm Project In Chilean Blue Whale Area Suspended  2012-03-29
MPAs Helping New Zealand Dolphins  2012-03-29
Polar Protection On Ice  2012-02-27
Hector’s Dolphins Die Entangled In Gillnets In MM Sanctuary  2012-02-26
Scientists Call For No-take Coral Sea MPA  2012-02-25
New Sanctuaries For Ganges River And Irrawaddy Dolphins In Bangladesh  2012-02-16
IUCN's Green Economy In A Blue World  2012-02-01
How To Manage Scotland's Seas  2012-01-20
Cetacean Diversity In A Coral Sea  2011-12-03
Convention On Migratory Species (CMS) Opens 10th Conference Of Parties  2011-11-20
ICMMPA 2 Concludes In Martinique  2011-11-17
Oiled Bay Of Plenty — New Zealand  2011-10-11
Protecting Marine Mammal Richness  2011-10-09
Cook Islands MPA Set To Become World's Largest  2011-10-09
New Report Available: Mapping Large-scale Spatial Patterns In Cetacean Density  2011-09-21
MPA News Special Issue On MMPAs  2011-08-01
New Poster Map Of World's MPAs And Sanctuaries  2011-04-25
Critical Habitat Approved For Cook Inlet, Alaska, Belugas  2011-04-22
New Zealand Protects Its Subantarctic Waters  2011-02-21
Palau Creates EEZ Sanctuary  2010-11-01
Saving Toothfish And The Ross Sea  2010-05-08
Making The Best MPA Possible For The Chagos Archipelago  2009-12-02
Critical Habitat Proposed For Cook Inlet Belugas  2009-12-02
Defending 50-year-old Toothfish To Help Save The Ross Sea  2009-11-30
Big Decision On Australian MPAs  2009-11-26
First Big High Seas MPA In The Antarctic Region  2009-11-11
World's Two Largest MPAs Join Forces  2009-10-06
Expanded Critical Habitat Needed For NA Right Whales  2009-09-23
Russian Whale Habitat Project: Part Of WDCS's “Homes For Whales” Campaign  2009-07-04
BBC News Green Room Discusses Cetacean Habitat & MPAs  2009-06-09
Celebrating World Oceans Day, 8 June 2009  2009-06-08
Countdown To World Oceans Day  2009-06-03
Australia Opts For Interim Coral Sea Protection  2009-05-21
Indonesia Protects Blue Whale Hotspot And Largest Area Inside Coral Triangle  2009-05-21
South Africa Designates World's 6th Largest MPA — A Challenge For True Antarctic Protection?  2009-05-09
Double-MPA Conference To Map Marine Mammal Critical Habitats  2009-04-06
River Dolphin Network In South America  2009-04-06
Workshop On Mapping Cetacean Critical Habitats  2009-04-05
First Conference On Marine Mammal Protected Areas  2009-02-12
Brazil Creates EEZ Sanctuary  2009-01-19
Pew Call For Coral Sea Heritage Park  2009-01-09
US Creates 3 Large MPAs In The Pacific  2009-01-08
CMS Highlights From Rome  2008-12-09
Convention On Migratory Species (CMS) Conference Of Parties Meets In Rome  2008-11-29
Landmark West African CMS Agreement  2008-10-20
MPA News From IUCN World Conservation Congress  2008-11-06
We Sail For The Whale — And New MPAs  2008-06-24
New Map Shows Proposed MPAs In The Mediterranean & Black Seas  2008-02-22
Film Series Explores Whales & MPAs In Mediterranean  2008-02-14
Oil Spill Damages Cetacean Critical Habitat In Black Sea  2007-11-13
MPAs To Reduce Noise: Download Report (English, French, Spanish)  2007-10-11
Proposed Cetacean MPAs In Mediterranean & Black Seas  2007-03-05
Cetaceanhabitat.org — Live!  2007-03-05
Baiji Goes Extinct  2007-01-15
South Pacific Nations & Territories Forge New CMS Agreement  2006-11-29
Croatia Moves To Create First Dolphin MPA In The Mediterranean  2006-08-06