The 2015 meeting of the IWC Scientific Committee will be held at the Marriott Marquis, San Diego Marina from 20th May to 4th June.
Here you will find links to related Intergovernmental Organisations and research projects the IWC is currently associated with. Links to member countries' webpages dedicated to the conservation and management of whales may be found here.
ACCOBAMS | Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area | |
ASCOBANS | Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas | |
CBD | Convention on Biological Diversity | |
CCAMLR | Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine living Resources | |
CITES | Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora | |
CMS | Convention on Migratory Species | |
ECS | European Cetacean Society | |
FAO | Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations | |
IATTC | Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission | |
ICCAT | International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna | |
ICES | International Council for the Exploration of the Sea | |
IUCN | The World Conservation Union | |
IUCN CSG | The World Conservation Union Cetacean Specialist Group | |
NAFO | Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation | |
NAMMCO | The North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission | |
PICES | North Pacific Marine Science Organization | |
RAMSAR | The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands | |
SMM | The Society for Marine Mammalogy | |
SO-GLOBEC | Southern Ocean Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics | |
UN Atlas | The United Nations Atlas of the Oceans | |
UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme | |
WCMC | UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre |
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