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Commission
The 2018 biennial Commission meeting of the IWC will be held at the Costao Do Santinho Resort, Florianopolis, Brazil.
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Whales
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Conservation & Management
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Scientific Research
The 2018 meeting of the IWC Scientific Committee will be held at the Hotel Golf, Bled, Slovenia.
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Scientific Research
Launch of the global Whale Watching Handbook
30 Oct 2018
From today, an online handbook will equip anyone who wants to go whale watching with places to go and questions to ask. A collaboration between the International Whaling Commission and the Convention on Migratory Species, the Whale Watching Handbook offers comprehensive and impartial advice to regulators and policy makers, the whale watching industry and members of the public.
IWC Plenary concludes in Florianopolis, Brazil
14 Sep 2018
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 89 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.
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Conservation & Management
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