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IWC Resolutions

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List of Previous Chairs

Procedures for IWC meetings observers

Key Documents

ICRW Convention

Schedule

Rules of Procedure

Future Of The IWC

Govt of Japan Consultation

Small Type Coastal Whaling (2015)

Proposal for a Whale Sanctuary in the South Atlantic

IWC68 - Portorož, Slovenia

The 2020 biennial Commission meeting of the IWC will be held at the Grand Bernardin Resort, Portoroz, Slovenia

Whales

Introduction

Taxonomy

Population Status

Population Estimates

Sounds

Species

Blue whale

Bottlenose dolphin

Bowhead whale

Bryde's whale

Common dolphin

Dusky dolphin

False killer whale

Fin whale

Gray whale

Humpback dolphin

Humpback whale

Irrawaddy dolphin

Killer whale

Minke whale

Pilot whale

Right whale

Sei whale

Sperm whale

Spinner dolphin

Spotted dolphin

Striped dolphin

Conservation & Management

Whaling

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Total Catches

Revised Management Procedure

Animal welfare issues

Conservation Committee

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Bycatch

Expert Advisory Panel on Bycatch

Entanglement of Large Whales

Expert Advisory Panel on Entanglement Response

Best practice guidelines for entanglement responders

Strandings

Advice to the public

Strandings Initiative

Expert Advisory Panel on Strandings

Ship Strikes

Environmental concerns

Climate change

Anthropogenic sound

Marine Debris

Chemical pollution

Cetacean diseases

Marine renewable energy developments

SOCER Report

Conservation management plans

Western Gray Whale CMP

South Atlantic Southern Right Whale

South Pacific Southern Right Whale

Franciscana Dolphin

Sanctuaries and MPAs

Whale Watching

Whale Watching Handbook

Small cetaceans

Small cetaceans voluntary fund

Small cetacean catches

Infractions

Scientific Research

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Handbook

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SOCER

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Scientific Committee 2021 - SC68C

The 2021 meeting of the IWC Scientific Committee will be held in Bled, Slovenia

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IWC 65 - 2014 Meeting

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