Inernational Conventions

Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats

Bonn Convention on Migratory Species (CMS)

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)

Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)

European Community (EC) Legislation on Conservation of Wild Fauna and Flora

HELCOM Recommendations

National Law

U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA)

U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA)

Canadian Marine Mammal Regulations

U.K. Conservation of Seals Act

Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 (seal conservation sections)

Seal information, research and conservation organisations

Antarctic Wildlife Research Unit (AWRU) - Australia

Macquarie University - Graduate School of the Environment - Marine Mammal Research Group (MMRG) - Australia

Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service - Australia

Department of Fisheries and Ocean (DFO) - Canada

International Council for Exploration of the Seas (ICES) - Denmark

Swedish Museum of Natural History - Contaminant Research Group - Sweden

British Antarctic Survey (BAS) - U.K.

Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) - U.K.

Shetland Sea Mammal Group - U.K.

Marine Conservation Society (MCS) - UK

British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR)- UK

Advocates for Animals Look Out for Seals campaign - UK

Cornwall seal group - UK

Seals Protection Groups - UK

Seal Protection Action Group (SPAG) - UK

Coastal Research and Education Society of Long Island (CRESLI) - U.S.

Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies - US.

National Marine Sanctuary Program - U.S.

NOAA Fisheries (National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration) - U.S.

NOAA Fisheries, National Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMML) - U.S

NOAA Fisheries, Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) - Protected Species Branch - U.S.

NOAA Fisheries, Office of Protected Resources (F/PR) - U.S.

Society for Marine Mammalogy - U.S.

University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC) - Pinniped Research in Cognition and Sensory Systems - U.S.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) - U.S.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) - U.S.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) - U.S.

Marine Conservation Society (MCS) - UK

British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR)- UK

Advocates for Animals Look Out for Seals campaign - UK

Seals Protection Groups - UK

Seal Protection Action Group (SPAG) - UK

The Monachus Guardian (International monk seal conservation website)

Organisations Promoting Sealing

Canadian Sealers Association

High North Alliance