Narwhal and Beluga Meeting Reports

Here you will find the meeting reports of Scientific Working Groups, Workshops, and Symposia on narwhal and beluga.

You will find past and upcoming meeting documents of past and upcoming here.

2023

The Ad hoc Working Group on Narwhal in East Greenland, December 2023, Copenhagen, Denmark

2022

Disturbance Workshop of the Joint NAMMCO-JCNB Working Group on Narwhal and Beluga, December 2022, Copenhagen, Denmark

2021

Joint NAMMCO-JCNB Working Group on Narwhal and Beluga, December 2021, Winnipeg, Canada

The Ad hoc Working Group on Narwhal in East Greenland, October 2021, Copenhagen, Denmark

2020

Joint NAMMCO/JCNB Working Group on Narwhal and Beluga, October 2020, Online (Note: This report has been reviewed by NAMMCO but not by the JCNB as the JCNB has not met in 2020 or hitherto in 2021).

2019

The Ad hoc Working Group on Narwhal in East Greenland, September 2019, Copenhagen, Denmark

2017

Global Review of Monodontids, March 2017, Hillerød, Denmark

Main Report Global Review of Monodontids, March 2017, Hillerød, Denmark

Annexes – Stock Status Reviews Global Review of Monodontids, March 2017, Hillerød, Denmark

Joint NAMMCO/JCNB Working Group on Narwhal and Beluga, March 2017, Copenhagen, Denmark

2015

NAMMCO Symposium on the Impacts of Human Disturbance on Arctic marine mammals, with a focus on Belugas, Narwhals & Walrus, October 2015, Copenhagen, Denmark

Joint NAMMCO/JCNB Working Group on Narwhal and Beluga, March 2015, Ottawa, Canada

Note that the Narwhal Catch Allocation Sub-group met twice, 10-12 March 2014 in Denmark and 9-10 March 2015 in Canada. Reports from these meetings comprise Appendix 5 of the Joint NAMMCO/JCNB Working Group report listed above.

2012

Joint NAMMCO/JCNB Working Group on Narwhal and Beluga, February 2012, Copenhagen, Denmark

2011

Workshop on Age Estimation in Beluga, December 2011, Beaufort, North Carolina, USA

Workshop on Age Estimation in Monodontids, November 2011, Tampa, Florida, USA

2009

Joint NAMMCO/JCNB Working Group on Narwhal and Beluga, February 2009, Winnipeg, Canada

2005

Joint NAMMCO/JCNB Working Group on Narwhal and Beluga, October 2005, Nuuk, Greenland

2004

Joint NAMMCO/JCNB Working Group on Narwhal and Beluga, February 2004, Montréal, Canada

2001

Joint NAMMCO/JCNB Working Group on Narwhal and Beluga, May 2001, Qeqertarsuaq, Greenland

The below meetings pre-date the cooperation between NAMMCO and the JCNB’s scientific working groups

2000

Working Group on the Population Status of Beluga and Narwhal in the North Atlantic, June 2000, Oslo, Norway

1999

Working Group on the Population Status of Beluga and Narwhal in the North Atlantic, March 1999, Oslo, Norway