ASCOBANS 2003 Amendment: Amendment to the Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas

The 2003 Amendment to ASCOBANS changes the title and geographic scope of the agreement to include the Irish Sea and North East Atlantic in 2003. ASCOBANS is a regional agreement whereby Parties undertake to implement a conservation and management plan for cetaceans, as part of their work under the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS). The implementation of ASCOBANS is coordinated by a small Secretariat, associated with the CMS Secretariat and hosted by UNEP. It is headquartered in Bonn, Germany.