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INTERVIEW | Hidehiro Kato: Battle for Science, Sustainability over Politics in the IWC

2022-09-04
On: 2022-Sep-04

Part 2 of 2 Read Part 1: INTERVIEW | Hidehiro Kato on Optimism for the Future of Whales In October 2022, the International Whaling Commission (IWC) will hold a meeting in Slovenia.  This is the second of two articles based on a conversation with Dr Hidehiro Kato, one of Japan’sContinue Reading

INTERVIEW | Hidehiro Kato on Whale Research and Optimism for the Future

2022-09-03
On: 2022-Sep-03

Dr Kato naturally hoped that the IWC would act based on the scientific results of the research. But whales had become a totem of the environmental movement.

With Japan’s Withdrawal, What Lies Ahead for the International Whaling Commission’s Scientific Committee?

2019-12-12
On: 2019-Dec-12

Every year, the SC meets in the spring/early summer for three weeks. The agenda for the annual meeting is decided based upon the individual subjects chosen by the subcommittees in their fields of expertise. Out of this, the SC usually presents a set of scientific recommendations relevant to stock management to the Commission Meeting (CM) of the IWC.

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