The International Whaling Commission - IWC

The next assessment of the Conservation Management Plan (CMP) for southern right whales in the western South Atlantic will be held in March, in Santos, Brazil.

In Auckland, New Zealand this February, the IWC will hold the first in a new series of workshops, reviewing dolphin and porpoise species in the South Pacific Island region.

The Scientific Committee is taking the next steps to complete an In-depth Assessment of minke whales in the western North Pacific. 

The IWC is circulating a questionnaire seeking expert views and collaborators on a proposed survey in the Indian Ocean.

The first large whale entanglement response workshop in the southernmost city of Chile has successfully concluded.