We are pleased to announce the upcoming ECS Workshop “ACCOBAMS-ASCOBANS Joint Bycatch Working Group (JBWG) - Current cetacean bycatch issues in European waters”, which will take place in O’ Grove, Galicia, Spain, on Monday afternoon, 17 April 2023, as part of the ECS 2023 conference<https://www.europeancetaceansociety.eu/conference/34th-annual-conference-galicia-spain>. The objective is to share information on the current status of bycatch issues identified as of greatest concern in European seas, and to discuss how we can mitigate such bycatch. Tentative programme includes Baltic harbour porpoise, Black Sea cetaceans, Bay of Biscay common dolphin, advances in potential mitigation measures, and discussion on task assignment of the JBWG Programme of Work<https://www.ascobans.org/en/document/programme-work-2021-2023-joint-bycatch-working-group-accobams-and-ascobans>. (More information on JBWG of ACCOBAMS and ASCOBANS can be found here<https://www.ascobans.org/en/working_group/bycatch>.) If you are interested in attending this workshop, please register via this link<https://meetings.cms.int/meetings/ACC-ASC-JBWG-WS/registration> by 20 March 2023. (In case there are more registrations than seats available, priority would then be given to JBWG members.) Unfortunately, we won’t be able to cover travel costs. For any questions contact us at cleravallec@accobams.net<mailto:cleravallec@accobams.net> or jenny.renell@un.org<mailto:jenny.renell@un.org> . Kind regards, Celia Le Ravallec (ACCOBAMS) and Jenny Renell (ASCOBANS) Jenny Renell ASCOBANS Coordinator, CMS Aquatic Species Team Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic, North East Atlantic, Irish and North Seas UNEP/ASCOBANS, UN Campus, Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1 53113 Bonn, Germany Tel. +49 228 815 2418, email: jenny.renell@un.org<mailto:jenny.renell@un.org> www.ascobans.org<http://www.ascobans.org/> | www.cms.int<http://www.cms.int/> https://twitter.com/ascobans | www.facebook.com/ascobans<http://www.facebook.com/ascobans> [Shape, arrow Description automatically generated] Disclaimer: The information transmitted is intended only for use by the addressee and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, re-transmission, dissemination or other use of it, or the taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons and/or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please inform the sender and/or addressee immediately and delete the material. Thank you.