The Cetacean Genomes Project is an international collaboration established to coordinate efforts to accomplish the following:

• Collect and organize information on samples available from accessible collections, and solicit appropriate samples from the scientific community.

• Coordinate and disseminate information on best practices for sample collection and preservation methods.

• Coordinate available data to avoid redundancy and reduce costs of completing reference-quality genomes.

• Seek funding for individual or groups of species, in coordination with researchers with interests in genomic analysis.