The presentations of the annual ECS conference are published under the title European Research on Cetaceans. From 2005 onwards, the ECS members are provided with an extensive abstract book (in print) at the start of the Annual Conference. All submissions to the Annual Conference, including posters, presentations and movies if possible, are provided on CD. The submissions to the La Rochelle (France) 2005 ECS conference have been published and distributed among the ECS members on CD. The Gdynia (Poland) 2006 and all further Proceedings will be produced as a true CD version, just as the La Rochelle version.
From 1987 - 2004 the ECS published European Research on Cetaceans in a printed format. This was a sciencifically edited but not peer-reviewed publication based on material provided and presented at the annual conferences. The past issues provide members with a wealth of detailed research information. Several issues have run out of stock, but most recent issues can still be ordered (also by non-members). The following proceedings have been published in paper:
No. 15 Rome (Italy), 2001, No. 14 Cork (Ireland), 2000, No. 13 Valencia (Spain), 1999, No. 12 Monaco, 1998, No. 11 Stralsund (Germany), 1997, No. 10 Lisbon (Portugal), 1996, No. 9 Lugano (Switzerland), 1995, No. 8 Montpellier (France), 1994, No. 7 Inverness (Scotland), 1993, No. 6 San Remo (Italy), 1992, No. 5 Sandefjord (Norway), 1991, No. 4 Palma de Mallorca (Spain), 1990, No. 3 La Rochelle (France), 1989, No. 2 Troia (Portugal), 1988, No. 1 Hirtshals (Denmark), 1987.
The Liège (Belgium) 2002, the Las Palmas (Spain) 2003 and the Kolmården (Sweden) 2004 proceedings will be published as the classic lay-out but, on request of the members, on CD in the summer of 2006.
The 'ECS Special Publication Series' publishes the Proceedings of Workshops held on topics of particular interest. Recent ones are, as an example:
The ECS used to publish a (printed) Newsletter, generally two times a year for members, reporting current research in Europe, recent publications and abstracts, working group activities, conservation issues, legislation and regional agreements, local news, and cetacean news from around the world. The ECS produced generic Newsletters in print from 1987 until 2002. Several issues have run out of stock, but most recent issues can still be ordered (also by non-members). Emphasis was then placed on Workshops proceddings and published as more substantial Special Issues of the Newsletter. Since being not a real newsletter, the last of these was Special Issue #46, published 2006: the Proceedings of the Workshop on “Static Acoustic Monitoring of Cetaceans”.