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Executive Secretary Recruitment

Simon Brockington, the IWC’s current Executive Secretary, will step down from his role at the end of June after seven years in post.  The Commission is now commencing an international search to appoint his successor.  The role is the head of the Secretariat and is responsible for supporting the full range of activities undertaken by the Commission. 

Further details of the position, including a Candidate Information Pack, can be found here.

 
 
 

Annual IWC-POWER Cruise sets sail from Alaska

13 Jul 2017

The 8th international research cruise in the IWC-POWER series has embarked from Dutch Harbour, Alaska.   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.

IWC entanglement and stranding response training for Sakhalin, Russia

12 Jun 2017

Scientific Committee Report available

6 Jun 2017

Scientific Committee meeting begins in Slovenia

9 May 2017

Applications sought for new Voluntary Assistance Fund

6 Feb 2017

Special Permit Whaling: Expert Panel Review

25 Jan 2017

Need for collaboration is demonstrated at entanglement workshop, Mexico

28 Nov 2016

 

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.  

 

Events Calendar

2017

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