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The International Whaling Commission - IWC

The 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.  

The Commission's role has expanded since its establishment in 1946.  In addition to regulation of whaling, today's IWC works to address a wide range of conservation issues including bycatch and entanglement, ocean noise, pollution and debris, collision between whales and ships, and sustainable whale watching.

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News

Annual IWC-POWER research cruise sets sail from Shiogama, Japan

2 Aug 2021

The 12th international research cruise in the IWC-POWER series embarked today from Shiogama.   This is the latest stage in a long-term programme to determine the status of populations of the large whales found in North Pacific Waters, some of which have not been surveyed for several decades.

JCRM relaunch - a long-standing journal for today’s digital age

1 Jul 2021

Available now: IWC Scientific Committee meeting report for 2021

21 Jun 2021

Collaboration and co-existence: the key to bycatch reduction and a winning formula for Pedro Fruet

8 Jun 2021

 
 

Events Calendar

2021

Jan 1 IWC Bureau meeting Feb Mar Apr 1 SC68C
May 1 SC68C Jun Jul Aug
Sep 1 IWC Virtual Special Meeting Oct Nov 1 Pollution 2025 Workshop Dec
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