27 nov 2023
The IWC Strandings Initiative has completed an extensive Caribbean training project in partnership with CARI’MAM, the Caribbean Marine Mammals Preservation Network.
13 nov 2023
World Shipping Council (WSC) launch navigational aid designed to reduce ship strikes.
8 nov 2023
The second IWC-CMS joint workshop on Cetacean Ecosystem Functioning will be held in Bonn this month.
1 nov 2023
Four Brazilian trainees have successfully completed advanced apprenticeships in entanglement response.
9 oct 2023
The first large whale disentanglement workshop in Costa Rica has concluded successfully.
13 août 2023
Members of the Scientific Committee are meeting in Greece for a technical workshop as part of an In-depth Assessment for minke whales in the western North Pacific.
7 août 2023
Following a highly competitive recruitment process, the IWC has appointed Martha Rojas-Urrego as the new Executive Secretary.
7 août 2023
The plight of the vaquita porpoise has led to the first ever IWC Extinction Alert, a factual assessment that vaquita still have a chance - if a gillnet ban is immediately and effectively enforced.
3 août 2023
The 14th international research cruise in the IWC-POWER series has departed from Shiogama, Japan.
2 août 2023
The Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling Committee of the IWC has awarded a contract to conduct a survey of international indigenous and human rights instruments.
30 mai 2023
The report of the 2023 IWC Scientific Committee Meeting is available now and provides a comprehensive record of the group's research, discussions and recommendations.
22 mai 2023
The latest entanglement response training workshop has taken place in Genoa, Italy.
11 mai 2023
The Strandings Initiative Expert Panel has concluded an intensive but successful 3-day workshop in Venice. The workshop focused on two priority areas: emergency response and capacity building.
24 avr 2023
The IWC Scientific Committee begins its annual meeting today. Due to Covid-19, this is the first time in four years that members of the Committee are able to gather in-person.
22 mars 2023
In March, a multi-agency team began the field work stage of the project "Franciscana dolphins aerial surveys in Uruguay: overcoming a challenge".