The Baltic harbour porpoise
The harbour porpoise is a small whale which actually lives in the Baltic Sea, but it is critically endangered.
The only whale in the
Baltic Sea
Less than 500 animals
Classified as critically endangered
Our action to protect the Baltic porpoise
The Baltic harbour porpoises are threatened by fisheries, since they can get caught and drown in fishing nets. This is one of the primary reasons there are so few porpoises left in the Baltic Sea today. Harbour porpoises are also exposed to underwater noise from heavy shipping traffic and fast leisure boats. For the Baltic Sea harbour porpoises to recover, we need more areas were these activities are restricted. We hope that all Swedish parties, authorities and other stakeholders can agree to build on this new protected area and cooperate to take effective management measures to save the Baltic Sea harbour porpoise.
2021
- Row over the Atlantic: a new collaboration to save the Baltic harbour porpoise MAY 25, 2021 [PRESS RELEASE]
- Bycatch of critically endangered Baltic Sea harbour porpoise must stop MAY 16, 2021[PRESS RELEASE]
- EU Scientific body confirms stronger bycatch measures are needed to protect Bay of Biscay common dolphins and Baltic Proper harbour porpoises APRIL 15, 2021 [LETTER]
- Out of Sight, Out of Mind: How Conservation Is Failing European Porpoises FEBRUARY 4, 2021 [sCIENTIFIC PAPER]
- The Baltic Proper harbour porpoise JANUARY 26, 2021 [PRESS RELEASE]
2020
- Joint NGO letter to EU Commission on Baltic proper harbour porpoise NOVEMBER 5, 2020 [lETTER]
- Extinction risks to whales, dolphins and porpoises – over 350 scientists warn in an open letter OCTOBER 12, 2020 [LETTER]
- European nations under pressure to save the critically endangered Baltic harbour porpoise SEPTEMBER 11, 2020 [PRESS RELEASE]
- EU Round Table meeting on common dolphin in the Bay of Biscay and Baltic Sea harbour porpoise JUNE 18, 2020 [event]
- NGOs welcome scientists’ advice to halt bycatch of endangered Baltic Proper harbour porpoise MAY 26, 2020
[PRESS RELEASE]
2019
- EU Commission misses opportunity to halt dolphin and porpoise deaths this winter DECEMBER 5, 2019 [PRESS RELEASE]
- Seminar on harbour porpoise and MPAs at the Swedish Parliament OCTOBER 24, 2019 [event]
- Symposium: Bright Future? Harbour porpoises in the Wadden Sea APRIL 2, 2019 [EVENT]
