The first meeting of the Signatories to the Memorandum of Understanding for the Conservation of Cetaceans and their Habitats in the Pacific Islands region, an agreement developed under the auspices of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), was held from 5-9 March 2007, in Apia, Samoa.

It was combined with the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) meeting to review their action plan on whale and dolphin conservation, an outreach workshop funded by Germany to discuss the possible contribution of CMS in the Pacific region with a focus on cetacean conservation, as well as an Australian-funded workshop on by-catch. During the week, the CMS Secretariat also released for the first time the Year of the Dolphin poster.
Links to further information
CMS press release, 5 March 2007
CMS press release, 5 March 2007
CMS press release, 6 March 2007