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The 30th Meeting of the ASCOBANS Advisory Committee (AC30) will take place from 1 to 3 September 2026 at the Secretariat premises in Bonn, Germany.

For the meeting, Parties are requested to report on pressures and threats to small cetaceans as per UNEP/ASCOBANS/Resolution 10.1 National Reporting: 

• Bycatch
• Resource Depletion
• Marine Debris
• Surveys and Research
• Use of Strandings Records 

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Online registration: Please register via this link.  Party representatives should register by 2 August 2026. Requests for observer status should reach the Secretariat by 3 July 2026.  A completed registration form serves as a request for observer status.  Please note that approved observer organisations may register until 2 August 2026.  Kindly refer to the Rules of Procedure for the ASCOBANS Advisory Committee.

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Documents: Meeting documents will be posted on this page as they become available. If you would like to submit information documents relevant to the agenda items, please send them to the Secretariat for consideration by 28 July 2026.

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Summary of deadlines:

• 3 July 2026 - requests for observer status (via online registration)
• 28 July 2026 - submission of documents to the Secretariat
• 2 August 2026 - registration for Parties, non-Party Range States, REIOs, approved observer organisations
• 2 August 2026 - all documents online

If you have any questions about the meeting, please contact the ASCOBANS Secretariat.