28 February 2022: SC 28 Report now available

The 28th meeting of the NAMMCO Scientific Committee (SC) was held online January 24 – 28, 2022. The meeting was chaired by Bjarni Mikkelsen (FO) and included observers from Japan, the Russian Federation, Makivik Corporation and Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.

Among the items discussed were the reports of the Working Groups on By-catch (BYCWG), narwhals in East Greenland (NEGWG), and the NAMMCO-JCNB Joint Working Group on Narwhal and Beluga. In addition to this, the SC started a discussion on the development of a principle-based approach for the sustainable management of small and/or depleted stocks.

The report from this meeting is now available here.