Report of Scientific Committee 2023
2023-10-24
The report of the IWC Scientific Committee meeting (SC69A) held in Bled, Slovenia, between 24 April - 6 May 2023 is available here.
Journal of Cetacean Research and Management
The JCRM is an open access peer-reviewed publication containing original scientific papers on the conservation and management of whales, dolphins and porpoises. The Journal is accompanied by an annual Supplement which contains the report of the IWC Scientific Committee meeting and intersessional workshops held during the relevant period. There are also a number of topic-based Special Issues.
Announcements
Report of the Scientific Committee 2022
2023-03-01
The report of the Scientific Committee meeting held virtually from 25 April to 13 May 2022. The report and its annexes are available here.
The meeting followed an extended programme to take advantage of the online format with over 500 scientists participating around the world.
We look forward to resuming in-person Scientific Committee meetings in 2023.
Report of the Scientific Committee 2021
2021-06-22
The report of the Scientific Committee meeting held virtually from 27 April to 14 May 2021. The report and its annexes are available here.
Due to COVID-19 the meeting was again held online with a revised format building upon lessons learnt last year. To allow for more in-depth discussions on specific topics a number of pre-meetings and workshops were held immediately prior to the main meeting which was itself extended by a week. Whilst this allowed a larger portion of the agenda to be addressed, a number of technical discussions were postponed.
The meeting and its pre-meetings were attended by a record 550 cetacean scientists breaking last year’s record with around triple the usual attendance for an in-person event
IWC first virtual Scientific Committee 2020
2020-09-11
This virtual meeting took place between Tuesday 12th May 2020 and Sunday 24th May 2020
SC Report 2020 | SC68B Virtual Meetings 2020 - Meeting Papers
IWC Conservation Committee - Intersessional 2020
2020-09-11
This meeting of the Conservation Committee was held virtually due to COVID-19 restrictions and the postponement of the in-person meeting of IWC68 (originally scheduled for September 2020) until Autumn 2021. The remote meeting, drew on experience from the approach taken by the Scientific Committee in May 2020 and addressed the issues that most urgently needed to be progressed or for which decisions were required before the end of 2020, but did not cover all of the Conservation Committee agenda. Read more
The meeting report can be downloaded here
Current Issue
Vol. 24 No. 1 (2023): JCRM
This is a peer-reviewed publication containing original scientific papers on the conservation and management of whales, dolphins and porpoises. The Journal is accompanied by an annual Supplement which contains the report of the IWC Scientific Committee meeting and intersessional workshops held during the relevant period. There are also a number of topic-based Special Issues.
Published: 2023-02-21
Full Issue
Articles
The IWC has a long history of publication. Over 1700 scientific papers have been published by the IWC since the 1950s. JCRM was launched in 1999 to replace the scientific component of the Reports of the International Whaling Commission (RIWC) which is now also online with the aim of publishing original and quality papers that advance scientific knowledge and contribute to the conservation and management of cetacean species. An important feature of the Journal is that it encourages submissions from scientists worldwide including those for whom English is not their first language and from developing countries. JCRM is, of course, peer reviewed and has been supported by over 200 referees whose scrutiny has helped build the reputation and circulation of the journal.