This second Workshop of the intersessional period will continue the work to (a) develop SLAs for the remaining Greenlandic hunts (fin and common minke whales) including developing a workplan to facilitate agreement at the Scientific Committee meeting in April, (b) develop a final draft of the AWS for consideration in April, and (c) consider any other information required to provide management advice at the 2018 Scientific Committee meeting for aboriginal subsistence whaling hunts.
For further information on the workshop contact greg.donovan@iwc.int. The 2018 Scientific Committee meeting will also conduct an Implementation Review of Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort Seas bowhead whales. The Implementation Review itself is covered under Procedure A of the Data Availability Agreement.
