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PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION AND SIGNING OF A

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN

THE ACCOBAMS AND PELAGOS AGREEMENTS

On 10 April 2018 at the Galerie des Pêcheurs during The signing took place in the Galerie des Pêcheurs,
Monaco Ocean Week, the permanent Secretariats in the presence of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco
of ACCOBAMS and the Pelagos Agreement signed and Mrs Ségolène Royal, French Ambassador for

a memorandum of understanding to formalise their the Poles and Chair of the Association Désirs d’Ave-
already effective partnership and optimise efforts nir which acts in environmental protection.
by member countries shared by both Agreements
in terms of cetacean protection. This was also a chance for ACCOBAMS, the Pelagos

Agreement and the “CIMA Research Foundation” to
The ACCOBAMS zone contains several marine unveil their multimedia photographic exhibition on
protected areas for cetaceans, the largest and cetaceans partially taken from the “Pelagos Noise”
most famous of which is the Pelagos Sanctuary. project, which looks at the estimated impact of

An ACCOBAMS pilot zone, the Pelagos Sanctuary noise from maritime traffic on the sperm whale and
undertakes, through this memorandum, to imple- the Cuvier’s beaked whale (ziphius).
ment Resolutions made through ACCOBAMS. This
commitment will be implemented via innovative

initiatives which will be adopted and implemented
by countries which are Parties to ACCOBAMS and
promoted beyond its borders.