Important marine mammal area
Important marine mammal areas (IMMA) are discrete portions of habitat, important to marine mammal species, that have the potential to be delineated and managed for conservation.[1] They are identified by a task force under the auspices of the International Committee on Marine Mammal Protected Areas (ICMMPA) and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).[2]
Several workshops have been held to define worldwide the IMMAs in each region.
- The first workshop concerned the Mediterranean sea [3]
- The second workshop worked on the Pacific islands region [4]
- The third IMMA workshop region concerned the coast of India, Bangladesh, Thailand and Vietnam in the North to the vast Indonesian archipelago in the south[5]
- The fourth workshop worked on the Southern ocean and sub antarctic islands [6].
References
- ^ "Important Marine Mammal Areas - IMMAs".
- ^ "What is the Marine Mammal Protected Area Task Force?". Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- ^ "First IMMA Workshop Puts Marine Mammal Habitats on the Map". October 18, 2016.
- ^ "Pacific Islands".
- ^ "Important Marine Mammal Areas : 46 new candidates". IUCN. March 28, 2018.
- ^ "Fourth important marine mammal areas workshop adds 15 candidate IMMAs for the Southern Ocean and Sub-Antarctic Islands". IUCN. October 23, 2018.
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