IMMAs — Important Marine Mammal Areas
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Marine conservation and science in service of making a place in the global ocean for the 135 species of whales, dolphins, and other marine mammals. Find us at https://www.marinemammalhabitat.org and check out our online IMMA e-Atlas.
Celebrating #InternationalPolarBearDay. The Southern Labrador Pack Ice Whelping Area Important Marine Mammal Area (IMMA) has habitat for polar bears, harp & hooded seals & is one of 43 IMMAs IDed in NW Atlantic & Wider Caribbean. www.marinemammalhabitat.org/factsheets/s... @erichhoyt.bsky.social
February 27, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Celebrating #InternationalPolarBearDay. The Southern Labrador Pack Ice Whelping Area Important Marine Mammal Area (IMMA) has habitat for polar bears, harp & hooded seals & is one of 43 IMMAs IDed in NW Atlantic & Wider Caribbean. www.marinemammalhabitat.org/factsheets/s... @erichhoyt.bsky.social
Great to have your support for this region as well as the NE Atlantic-Baltic Sea and SW Atlantic. This applies to both the identification as well as the implementation of IMMAs. Together we have almost covered the entire Atlantic!! We go forward!
February 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Great to have your support for this region as well as the NE Atlantic-Baltic Sea and SW Atlantic. This applies to both the identification as well as the implementation of IMMAs. Together we have almost covered the entire Atlantic!! We go forward!
Proud to announce 43 new Important Marine Mammal Areas—MMAs—in the NW Atlantic & Wider Caribbean region. 43 is testament to awesome species diversity in this region. Meet the manatees, clymene & Fraser's dolphins, dwarf sperm whales & more. Check news story here: www.marinemammalhabitat.org/news/
February 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Proud to announce 43 new Important Marine Mammal Areas—MMAs—in the NW Atlantic & Wider Caribbean region. 43 is testament to awesome species diversity in this region. Meet the manatees, clymene & Fraser's dolphins, dwarf sperm whales & more. Check news story here: www.marinemammalhabitat.org/news/
What do polar bears, northern bottlenose whales & Florida manatees have in common? Yes, all marine mammals, but what else? They are all contributing to a record number of new Important Marine Mammal Areas, or IMMAs, in the NW Atlantic Ocean and Wider Caribbean, to be released tomorrow, Thurs Feb 13.
February 12, 2025 at 2:49 PM
What do polar bears, northern bottlenose whales & Florida manatees have in common? Yes, all marine mammals, but what else? They are all contributing to a record number of new Important Marine Mammal Areas, or IMMAs, in the NW Atlantic Ocean and Wider Caribbean, to be released tomorrow, Thurs Feb 13.
This IMMA is in serious danger: the Kerch Strait & Taman Bay IMMA has suffered a heavy #oilspill of 2,400 tonnes due to Dec. 15 storm when one taker sank & another ran aground. 61 unique threatened Black Sea #porpoises & #dolphins found dead, 32 due to the spill. Clean-up efforts are underway....
January 10, 2025 at 11:56 AM
This IMMA is in serious danger: the Kerch Strait & Taman Bay IMMA has suffered a heavy #oilspill of 2,400 tonnes due to Dec. 15 storm when one taker sank & another ran aground. 61 unique threatened Black Sea #porpoises & #dolphins found dead, 32 due to the spill. Clean-up efforts are underway....
Introducing our IMMA of the week: Rockall Trough Seamounts and Banks IMMA. Off NW Scotland, this is a high-use habitat for deep-diving beaked whales & sperm whales, and features visits from endangered blue, as well as sei & fin whales. More info: www.marinemammalhabitat.org/factsheets/r...
November 22, 2024 at 12:59 PM
Introducing our IMMA of the week: Rockall Trough Seamounts and Banks IMMA. Off NW Scotland, this is a high-use habitat for deep-diving beaked whales & sperm whales, and features visits from endangered blue, as well as sei & fin whales. More info: www.marinemammalhabitat.org/factsheets/r...
At the recent UN Biodiversity Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity in Cali, Colombia, COP 16, conference delegates & heads of state learned about IMMAs & other approaches for identifying & conserving marine areas. The brief is avail here: iucn.org/resources/ot...
November 22, 2024 at 12:45 PM
At the recent UN Biodiversity Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity in Cali, Colombia, COP 16, conference delegates & heads of state learned about IMMAs & other approaches for identifying & conserving marine areas. The brief is avail here: iucn.org/resources/ot...
We are the IMMA-Network, identifying & safeguarding Important Marine Mammal Areas for whales, dolphins, seals, sea lions, dugong, manatees, sea otters & the polar bear. Our group is the IUCN Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force. Please join us to make a place in the sea for the marine mammals.
November 17, 2024 at 8:48 PM
We are the IMMA-Network, identifying & safeguarding Important Marine Mammal Areas for whales, dolphins, seals, sea lions, dugong, manatees, sea otters & the polar bear. Our group is the IUCN Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force. Please join us to make a place in the sea for the marine mammals.