International Whaling Commission (IWC)

The International Whaling Commission (IWC) is the global intergovernmental body charged with the conservation of whales and the management of whaling. It is set up under the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling signed in 1946. The Commission has a current membership of 88 Governments from countries around the World.

https://iwc.int/home

Marine and Wind Energy Environmental Documents

Tethys is a knowledge hub that contains documents on the environmental effects of wind and marine energy. The table below contains all of the documents in the Tethys Knowledge Base associated with International Whaling Commission (IWC).

Total: 3

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Title	Author	Date	Content Type	Technology	Stressor	Receptor
Responsible Practices for Minimizing and Monitoring Environmental Impacts of Marine Seismic Surveys with an Emphasis on Marine Mammals	Nowacek, D., Bröker, K., Donovan, G.	November 2013	Journal Article		Noise	Marine Mammals
Executive Summary of the IWC Scientific Committee Workshop on Interactions Between Marine Renewable Projects and Cetaceans Worldwide	International Whaling Commission	June 2012	Report	Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave		Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
Assessment of the Marine Renewables Industry in Relation to Marine Mammals: Synthesis of Work Undertaken by the ICES Working Group on Marine Mammal Ecology (WGMME)	Murphy, S., Tougaard, J., Wilson, B.	January 2012	Report	Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Marine Energy		Marine Mammals, Cetaceans