Management Committees

Management Committees meetings

Here you will find the documents of past and upcoming meetings of the NAMMCO Management Committee for Seals & Walrus and Management Committee for Cetaceans. Some of these documents require a password for access. Reports are found here.

2021

22-25 March 2021 – Online

Management Committee for Cetaceans (MCC)

Management Committee for Seal & Walruses (MCSW)

Joint Meeting of the Management Committees (MCJ)

Meeting Documents

[The documents for the Council Meeting can be accessed here.]

Zip Folder of Meeting Documents

Zip Folder of For Information Documents

Schedule Meeting NAMMCO 28

NAMMCO/28/08 Summary of Scientific Committee Reports from 2019 – 2021

01 – Joint List of Documents for the Management Committees

02a – Draft Agenda Joint Meeting of the Management Committees (MCJ)

02b – Draft Annotated Agenda Joint Meeting of the Management Committees (MCJ)

03a – Draft Agenda Management Committee for Seals and Walrus (MCSW)

03b – Draft Annotated Agenda Management Committee for Seals and Walrus (MCSW)

04a – Draft Agenda Management Committee for Cetaceans (MCC)

04b – Draft Annotated Agenda Management Committee for Cetaceans (MCC)

05 – List of Proposals for Conservation and Management and Recommendations for Research, with Responses from Parties (excel version available here)

06 – List of Active Requests from the NAMMCO Council to the Scientific Committee, with Responses from the Scientific Committee (excel version available here)

07 – Strengthening User Knowledge in NAMMCO

For Information Documents

FI01 Report from the 27th Meeting of the Scientific Committee – 2021

FI02 Report from the 26th Meeting of the Scientific Committee – 2019

FI03 FAO (2021). Fishing operations. Guidelines to prevent and reduce bycatch of marine mammals in capture fisheries. FAO Technical Guidelines for Responsible Fisheries No 1, Suppl.4. Rome.

FI04 Baffinland (2018). Popular Summary: Mary River Project, Phase 2 Proposal

FI05 Meaningful Engagement of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in Marine Activities: Findings for Policy Makers

FI06 NORDECO Project Description – Arctic User Knowledge Network: From Local to Global

FI07 A. Jessen (2021). Arctic User Knowledge in Practice in Greenland: Presentation at NORDECO project workshop

Presentations

MCC

Presentation on Narwhals by Hunters from East Greenland Åge Hammeken and Tobias Ignatiussen

Presentation on Beluga by Roderick Hobbs 

Presentation on Narwhals by Roderick Hobbs 

Presentation on Harbour Porpoises by Bjarni Mikkelsen 

MCSW

Presentation on Coastal Seals by Aqqalu Rosing-Asvid 

Presentation on Harp and Hooded Seals by Aqqalu Rosing-Asvind

Management Committees

A Sysselsmann (head of local governement) announcing the allocation of the shares (meat and blubber) after a pilot whale drive.

The Management Committees (MC) make proposals for conservation and management measures to member countries, and advise Council on needs and priorities for scientific research with respect to stocks of marine mammals. The Council’s decisions on requests for future scientific advice are based on these recommendations.

In 2007, one Management Committee dealing with all species, split into a Management Committee for Cetaceans (MCC) and a Management Committee for Seals and Walrus (MCSW). The Committees’ activities follow their Rules of Procedure. The Management Committees consist of members appointed by the member countries. The reports of the Management Committees are here and are also in the Annual Reports.

The MCs may appoint working groups to investigate specific issues. Currently there is one standing Working Group on Enhancing User Involvement in NAMMCO Decision Making. Up to 2016 these have included an Ad Hoc Working Group on Enhancing Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM), a Working Group on By-Catch, and a Working Group on User Knowledge in Management. Topics considered under EBM and User Knowledge in Management were  transferred to Councilin 2007. Furthermore, any associated Working Groups were requested to report directly to Council. By-Catch issues were also transferred to the Scientific Committee for consideration.

Current Chairs:

Greenland holds the Chair of the MCC and Norway holds the Chair of the MCSW

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