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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
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Conservation & Management
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 89 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.
Read a summary of current work programmes below:
IWC Intersessional Report 2016-18.
Multi-faceted approach to protecting endangered southern right whales in the eastern South Pacific.
30 Jan 2019
The IWC has made important progress in efforts to protect an endangered population of southern right whales in the eastern South Pacific. The work falls under a Conservation Management Plan (CMP) and includes a new acoustic monitoring programme, the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding, and training in entanglement and strandings response.
Launch of the global Whale Watching Handbook
30 Oct 2018
IWC Plenary concludes in Florianopolis, Brazil
14 Sep 2018
Member Map
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