Scientific Working Group reports – by year and theme
Here you will find the reports of all the Scientific Working Groups, organised by the year the meetings took place. The reports are also published in the Annual reports. You will find documents of past and upcoming Working Group meetings here.
You can also find the reports organised by theme.
2023
Ad hoc Working Group on Narwhal in East Greenland, December 2023, Copenhagen, Denmark
Ringed Seal Working Group, November 2023, Online
Dolphins Working Group, October 2023, Copenhagen, Denmark
By-Catch Working Group, October 2023, Online
Joint ICES/NAFO/NAMMCO Working Group on Harp and Hooded seals, August 2023, Tromsø, Norway
Coastal Seals Working Group, May 2023, Copenhagen, Denmark
2022
Harbour Porpoise Working Group, November 2022, Oslo, Norway
By-Catch Working Group, May 2022, Online
2021
NAMMCO-JCNB Joint Scientific Working Group on Narwhal and Beluga, December 2021, Winnipeg, Canada
Ad hoc Working Group on Narwhal in East Greenland, October 2021, Copenhagen, Denmark
By-Catch Working Group, October 2021, Online
Coastal Seals Working Group, January 2021, Online
2020
By-Catch Working Group, May 2020, Online
NAMMCO-JCNB Joint 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
Abundance Estimates Working Group, October 2019, Tromsø, Norway
Ad hoc Working Group on Narwhal in East Greenland, September 2019, Copenhagen, Denmark
Joint ICES/NAFO/NAMMCO Working Group on Harp and Hooded seals, September 2019, Tromsø, Norway
Harbour Porpoise Working Group, March 2019, Copenhagen, Denmark
2018
By-catch Working Group, October 2018, teleconference
Walrus Working Group, October 2018, Copenhagen, Denmark (revised June 2019, see item 11.2)
Abundance Estimates Working Group, May 2018, Copenhagen, Denmark – Revised October 2018
By-catch Working Group, April 2018, teleconference
2017
By-catch Working Group, May 2017, Copenhagen, Denmark
NAMMCO-JCNB Joint Working Group, March 2017, Copenhagen, Denmark
Large Whale Assessment Working Group, January 2017, Copenhagen, Denmark
2016
Abundance Estimates Working Group, October 2016, Copenhagen, Denmark
Joint ICES/NAFO/NAMMCO Working Group on Harp and Hooded seals, September 2016, Copenhagen, Denmark
Coastal Seals Working Group, March 2016, Reykjavik, Iceland
By-Catch Working Group, February 2016, Reykjavik, Iceland
2015
Steering Group on Survey Planning, Post-Survey Report, November 2015, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Large Whale Assessment Working Group, October 2015, Copenhagen, Denmark
Steering Group on Survey Planning, April 2015, Skype Meeting
Survey Planning Working Group, April 2015, Reykjavik, Iceland
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.
2014
Survey Planning Working Group, October 2014, Copenhagen, Denmark
Survey Planning Working Group, 26 March 2014, Skype Meeting
Survey Planning Working Group, 18 March 2014, Skype Meeting
The first meeting of the Narwhal Catch Allocation sub-group met 10-12 March 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The report is comprised in Appendix 5 of the Joint NAMMCO/JCNB Working Group listed under 2015.
Steering Group on Survey Planning, February 2014, Copenhagen, Denmark
2013
Walrus Working Group, November 2013, Copenhagen, Denmark
Harbour Porpoise Working Group, November 2013, Copenhagen, Denmark
2012
Steering Group on Survey Planning, November 2012, Skype Meeting
Joint NAMMCO/JCNB Working Group on Narwhal and Beluga, February 2012, Copenhagen, Denmark
2011
Working Group on Assessment, April 2011, Copenhagen, Denmark
Coastal Seals Working Group, March 2011, Copenhagen, Denmark
Survey Planning Working Group, March 2011, Copenhagen, Denmark
Abundance Estimates Working Group, March 2011, Copenhagen, Denmark
2010
Working Group on Marine Mammals and Fisheries Interactions, March 2010, Copenhagen, Denmark
Working Group on Assessment, March 2010, Copenhagen, Denmark
2009
Walrus Working Group, November 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark
Abundance Estimates Working Group, October 2009, Quebec City, Canada
Working Group on Assessment, 23 March 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark
Joint NAMMCO/JCNB Working Group on Narwhal and Beluga, February 2009, Winnipeg, Canada
2008
Working Group on Pilot Whales, July 2008, Copenhagen, Denmark
Working Group on Pilot Whales, April 2008, Qeqertarsuaq, Greenland
Abundance Estimates Working Group, April 2008, Copenhagen, Denmark
T-NASS 2007 Working Group V, April 2008, Copenhagen, Denmark
2007
T-NASS 2007 Working Group IV: Shipboard Surveys Debriefing, November 2007, teleconference
2006
T-NASS 2007 Planning Working Group, November 2006, Reykjavik, Iceland
Working Group on Harbour Seals, October 2006, Copenhagen, Denmark
T-NASS 2007 Planning Working Group, March 2006, Reykjavik, Iceland
2005
Fin Whales Working Group, October 2005, Oslo, Norway
Joint NAMMCO/JCNB Working Group on Narwhal and Beluga, October 2005, Nuuk, Greenland
Walrus Working Group, January 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark
2004
Fin Whale Assessment Planning Meeting, October 2004, Oslo, Norway
Joint NAMMCO/JCNB Working Group on Narwhal and Beluga, February 2004, Montréal, Canada
2003
Working Group on Minke and Fin Whales, November 2003, Copenhagen, Denmark
Working Group on Grey Seals, April 2003, Reykjavik, Iceland
Abundance Estimates Working Group, March 2003, St. Andrews, Scotland
2002
Abundance Estimates Working Group, March 2002, Kerteminde, Denmark
2001
Joint NAMMCO/JCNB Working Group on Narwhal and Beluga, May 2001, Qeqertarsuaq, Greenland
2000
Abundance Estimates Working Group, November 2000, Bergen, Norway
The above meeting pre-dated the cooperation between NAMMCO and the JCNB’s scientific working groups.
Working Group on North Atlantic Fin Whales, May 2000, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
1999
Working Group on North Atlantic Fin Whales, April 1999, Copenhagen, Denmark
1998
1997
Working Group on Management Procedures, October 1997, Copenhagen, Denmark
Working Group on Sealworm Infection, March 1997, Tromsø, Norway
Working Group on Abundance Estimates, February 1997, Reykjavík, Iceland
1996
Working Group on Ringed Seals, February 1996, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Working Group on Grey Seals, February 1996, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
1995
Working Group to plan NASS-95, February 1995, Copenhagen, Denmark
Ad hoc Working Group on Atlantic Walrus, January-February 1995, Copenhagen, Denmark
1994
Working Group to plan NASS-95, December 1994, Tromsø, Norway
Working Group to plan NASS-95, February 1994, Tromsø, Norway
1993
Working Group on Northern Bottlenose and Killer Whales, November 1993, Reykjavik, Iceland
Working Group on Management Procedures, November 1993, Reykjavik, Iceland