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
  1. "Important Marine Mammal Areas - IMMAs".
  2. "What is the Marine Mammal Protected Area Task Force?". Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  3. "First IMMA Workshop Puts Marine Mammal Habitats on the Map". October 18, 2016.
  4. "Pacific Islands".
  5. "Important Marine Mammal Areas : 46 new candidates". IUCN. March 28, 2018.
  6. "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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