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Whales
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Conservation & Management
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Scientific Research
Scientific Committee 2015 - SC66a
The 2015 meeting of the IWC Scientific Committee will be held at the Marriott Marquis, San Diego Marina from 20th May to 4th June.
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Scientific Research
The International Whaling Commission
The International Whaling Commission (IWC) is the global body charged with the conservation of whales and the management of whaling. The IWC currently has 88 member governments from countries all over the world. All members are signatories to the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling. This Convention is the legal framework which established the IWC in 1946.
Uncertainty over whale numbers led to the introduction of a ‘moratorium’ on commercial whaling in 1986. This remains in place although the Commission continues to set catch limits for aboriginal subsistence whaling. Today, the Commission also works to understand and address a wide range of non-whaling threats to cetaceans including entanglement, ship strike, marine debris, climate change and other environmental concerns.
IWC Bureau meets in Bern, Switzerland
14 Sep 2015
This month, IWC Chair, Bruno Mainini of Switzerland, will host a meeting of the IWC Bureau in Bern. The Bureau was established when IWC meetings moved from an annual to biennial cycle in 2012 and its role is to oversee delivery of the Commission’s workplan during the longer intersessional period.
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