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Review of 69th meeting of the IWC Report Five: Conservation Management Plans
Review of 69th meeting of the IWC: Report Four: Communicating Science
Review of 69th meeting of the International Whaling Commission Report Three: Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling
First Arctic Ocean surveys reported by IWC-POWER
Review of 69th meeting of the International Whaling Commission Report Two: Capacity Building
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Discussions well underway with introduction of new work programme and budget proposals
Day One: consensus on Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling and wide-ranging presentations on science and conservation
A busy and wide-ranging agenda: IWC gathers in Lima, Peru
Entanglement response training completes in Colombia
Available now: the new IWC Intersessional Report
The IWC-POWER research vessel sets sail
Successful conclusion to two bycatch workshops in Colombia
Spain completes its first large whale entanglement response workshop
Joining forces: the Bycatch Mitigation Initiative and Conservation Management Plan for South American River Dolphins
Conservation Management Plan for southern right whales in the eastern South Pacific: new implementation strategy developed
From indigenous whaling to Iberian killer whales: the IWC Scientific Committee reports on a wide-ranging meeting
Starting today: IWC Scientific Committee meeting
Call for papers: JCRM Special Issue on whale tagging
Comprehensive Assessment: North Pacific Humpback Whales
Lahille’s Bottlenose Dolphin: Task Team Workshop
Planning the next phase: Conservation Management Plan for southern right whales in western South Atlantic
Views and collaborators sought for Indian Ocean Monitoring Initiative
New Series of Scientific Committee Workshops: Small Cetaceans in the South Pacific
Technical meeting: western North Pacific minke whale
Crossing borders to address large whale entanglement: bi-national workshop in Puerto Williams, Chile
World Shipping Council: Whale Protection Conference launches ‘Whale Chart’ navigation aid
IWC and CMS collaborate for second workshop on Cetacean Ecosystem Functioning
Successful conclusion to strandings response training across the Caribbean region
Large Whale Disentanglement Training in Puntarenas, Costa Rica
The IWC welcomes new Executive Secretary, Martha Rojas Urrego
Annual IWC Pacific Research Cruises Sets Sail
Workshop: In-depth Assessment for western North Pacific Minke
Contract awarded: Survey of Indigenous and Human Rights Instruments
First ever Extinction Alert from the IWC
Tripartite entanglement response training at the Pelagos Sanctuary
From population assessments to pingers and pearls: the Scientific Committee reports on a wide-ranging meeting
Emergency Response and Capacity Building on the agenda at IWC Strandings Workshop
Starting today: the IWC Scientific Committee meeting
Franciscana dolphins aerial surveys in Uruguay: overcoming a challenge
IWC General Principles for Whale Watching: additional support for operators, regulators & travellers
Seismic survey questionnaire
Published today: Chair’s Report of the 2022 IWC Meeting
El Salvador joins the Global Whale Entanglement Response Network
Focus on collaboration and coordination at FAO Regional Secretariat’s Organisation
Oman workshop Arabian Sea humpback
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IWC workshop: the value of whales to the ecosystem
Scientific Committee Implementation Review workshop
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Collaboration and co-existence: the key to bycatch reduction and a winning formula for Pedro Fruet
Available now: IWC Scientific Committee meeting report for 2021
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75 years of recommendations: the IWC’s new, public database
Special Virtual Meeting: Actions on Voting Rights and the Plight of the Vaquita
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La Colombie adhère á la CBI (89)
Marine debris workshop, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
IWC Whale Watch Operators Workshop, Brisbane, Australia
Conservation Management Plans, IWC Working Group Brisbane, Australia
Southern Ocean Research Partnership (SORP) Conference, Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, 31 May – 2 June
2013 IWC Scientific Committee Meeting, Jeju, Republic of Korea
IWC POWER Research Cruise
Extending the global whale entanglement response network – IWC training in Salinas, Ecuador.
2013 IWC Scientific Committee Report published
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Extending the global whale entanglement response network
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CMP Working Group Report Published
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Research establishes whale-friendly approach to seismic surveys
Extending the global whale entanglement response network
Arctic Impacts Workshop, 6-7 March 2014
Understanding the threat to cetaceans from microplastics and PAHS - Pollution 2020
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Cetaceans and the Soundscape workshop
IWC report published on stranded cetaceans – Euthanasia Protocols to Optimize Welfare Concerns
The whale entanglement response network extends to the Dominican Republic
Successful release of entangled gray whale calf by newly trained Mexican response team
Workshop: Collisions Between Marine Mammals and Ships, 18-20 June, 2014
Nineteen cetacean species recorded by the latest IWC-POWER Research Cruise in the eastern North Pacific
Long distance acoustic monitoring: the IWC-Southern Ocean Research Project (SORP)
Experts gather for second marine debris workshop
IWC Workshop - Southern Right Whale Die-Off and Kelp Gull Management
The fifth IWC-POWER research cruise sets sail.
Extending the whale entanglement response network – Tonga and Vanuatu.
Vaquita: increasing concern for Mexico's 'little cow.'
The 65th IWC meeting gets underway in Slovenia
Aboriginal whaling and sanctuaries on the first day's agenda at the IWC meeting in Slovenia.
Ongoing discussions and a Resolution regarding highly migratory species at IWC65
Endangered vaquita and western gray whale on the agenda at the IWC meeting in Slovenia
IWC’s 65th meeting closes with progress - and praise for a constructive dialogue
Extending the global whale entanglement network - Oaxaca, Mexico
IWC and SPREP - the benefits of collaboration
Extending the whale entanglement network - Baja California Peninsula, Mexico
Satellite tagging to help understand Southern Right Whale Die-Off in Patagonia
IWC POWER Research Programme prepares for next phase.
Expert assistance to help minimise the risk of collision to both racing crews and whales
Expanding and evolving: the Global Entanglement Response Network
Workshop to progress Strike Limit Algorithms for Greenland Subsistence Hunts
Expert Review Panel workshop of NEWREP special permit proposal
RMP Implementation Reviews workshop: North Atlantic minke and fin whales
The IWC brings ship strikes to the agenda of Whalefest, Brighton.
Stage two of the Gray Whale Rangewide Review.
New report highlights surprising gray whale telemetry results
Growing success: the IWC Global Whale Entanglement Response Network
New website section explains the work of the Small Cetacean Voluntary Fund
Research confirms perilous fin whale migration across busy shipping lanes
The Scientific Committee of the IWC meets in San Diego
Humpback whale 'Spinnaker' disentangled for the third time
IWC Scientific Committee report is published
Entanglement response training for IWC-POWER research crew - Shiogama, Japan
The sixth IWC-POWER research cruise sets sail from Japan
A very real test for IWC's entanglement apprentices
IWC Bureau meets in Bern, Switzerland
Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling: Expert Workshop begins in Greenland
Building capacity - entanglement response apprentices share their knowledge
Report of the IWC Expert Workshop on Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling
New paper presents major advances in understanding of Omura’s whale
An experimental success: entanglement & stranding response training in Oman
Entanglement Response Training: critically endangered Southern Right Whales
IWC Entanglement Training in Eastern Caribbean
International collaboration on mass strandings and large scale mortalities
Prestigious award for IWC funded scientist
Sustainable whalewatching on the agenda in the Indian Ocean
Call for Applications – the Small Cetaceans Voluntary Fund
IWC Entanglement Response Training for Greenland
IWC-SORP Research Fund - Call for Proposals
IWC entanglement response training for northern Peru
Entanglement response training for southern Brazil
IWC Plenary begins in Portorož, Slovenia
A wide variety of topics on day two of the IWC Plenary
Focus on whaling, welfare, cetacean health and habitat on day three
Five Resolutions adopted on day four of IWC66
A comprehensive and diverse workplan is agreed as 2016 Plenary concludes
Need for collaboration is demonstrated at entanglement workshop, Mexico
Special Permit Whaling: Expert Panel Review
Applications sought for new Voluntary Assistance Fund
Scientific Committee meeting begins in Slovenia
Scientific Committee Report available
IWC entanglement and stranding response training for Sakhalin, Russia
Annual IWC-POWER Cruise sets sail from Alaska
Cetacean Tagging Workshop begins in the US
IWC-POWER Research Ship returns to Japan
IWC entanglement response training for Norway
Entanglement training concludes in Columbia
Latest satellite tagging information shows that nothing is simple in cetacean science
IWC Governance Review Report published today
Successful conclusion to Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling Group Workshop (ASWWG)
IWC Scientific Committee Meets in Bled
Publication of annual Scientific Committee Report
Entanglement Response Experts Meet in Provincetown, USA
Marine Mammal Bycatch on the agenda at FAO
IWC Plenary Meeting begins in Florianopolis, Brazil
IWC meeting opens with agreement on next steps for IWC Governance Review
IWC67: discussions on Subsistence Whaling and vote on South Atlantic Sanctuary
Subsistence whaling catch limits & £50,000 for bycatch initiative
Future direction of IWC & special permit whaling on IWC agenda
IWC Plenary concludes in Florianopolis, Brazil
Launch of the global Whale Watching Handbook
Statement on Government of Japan withdrawal from the IWC
Multi-faceted approach to protecting endangered southern right whales in the eastern South Pacific.
Scientific Committee workshop: western North Pacific common minke whales
IWC Workshop: Locating Ship Strike Hotspots
IWC Workshop: Understanding Small Cetacean Catches
Collaboration at the heart of the first Bycatch Mitigation Initiative workshop
Annual Scientific Committee begins in Nairobi
IWC entanglement response training for Kenya
Whale Song Library and Satellite Tagging Guidelines amongst wide-ranging recommendations of the 2019 Scientific Committee
Expanding entanglement response capability for endangered Southern right whales in the western South Atlantic.
Annual IWC-POWER Cruise sets sail from Alaska
Small Cetaceans Task Team workshop: South Asian River Dolphins
IWC attends Whaling Captains’ Convention, Utqiaġvik, Alaska
Bycatch Mitigation in the Indian Ocean: IWC workshop report published
Latest Entanglement Response trainees complete an action-packed apprenticeship in Cape Cod.
IWC hosts international biodiversity group
Entanglement response training in Scottish Highlands
Conservation Management Plans: raising awareness at every level
Guiana dolphin workshop gets underway in Brazil
Next steps in work to understand and mitigate the threat to cetaceans from marine debris
New Tagging Guidelines to protect whales and their observers
Review of the IWC’s Pacific Ocean Whale and Ecosystem Research Programme (IWC-POWER)
Workshop: status of the Franciscana dolphin
Indian Ocean's whale watching aims for gold standard in sustainability
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Pacific whale and ecosystem research programme completes 11th annual cruise.
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Successful response to entangled Arabian Sea humpback
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