New Zealand is party to a number of multilateral agreements related to cetaceans (in addition to the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling) including the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS). New Zealand is also a signatory to the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Cetaceans and their Habitats in the Pacific Islands Region, developed under the auspices of the Convention on Migratory Species, and continues to provide information to Pacific Island nations about spatial use by humpback whales in support of the Pacific Oceans Ecosystem Analysis (PACIOCEA) and Rapid Biological Assessment (BIORAP) projects sponsored by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP).
Further to this, New Zealand also hosted the 20th Biennial Conference of the Society for Marine Mammalogy in December 2013, which was attended by over 1000 participants.
New Zealand is party to a number of multilateral agreements related to cetaceans