Recruiting now: IWC seeks Vessel Strikes & Strandings Data Manager to work on reporting, databases and data management across the IWC, improving both useability and access to IWC data. Full time, fixed term post. More info @ iwc.int/vacancies #cetaceanscience

Successful conclusion to IWC workshops on stranding & entanglement response in Namibia. Two workshops combined theory & hands-on, practical training to teach safe and effective response protocols to some 70 participants. #cetaceanconservation Read more: iwc.int/resources/medi…

IWC Strandings Initiative pleased to join European Cetacean Society workshop "Euthanasia: Addressing the strandings taboo" discussing challenges & potential improvements to applying euthanasia at stranding events. The workshop will help develop global guidance for handling these complex events

Today is International Day of the Baltic Harbour Porpoise. IWC is pleased to support ASCOBANS, highlighting the critical situation for this small cetacean, also subject of IWC Scientific Committee recommendations re the urgent need to reduce bycatch ascobans.org/en/campaign/in…

Pleased to share the CIBBRiNA version of the @Clean Catch Wildlife ID Guide: a resource to help #European #fishers identify #ETP species. The guide includes translations of common species names from English into 8 other European languages. Download at bit.ly/4cW8Uc2

The IWC is proud to support #BiodiversityDay & contribute to the #GlobalGoals & #KMGBF. All sectors of society must to work together & at accelerated pace to meet these interconnected targets by 2030 & achieve harmony with nature & sustainable development youtube.com/watch?v=8ToSCz…

Successful conclusion to workshop in Muscat, Oman focused on next steps towards a #ConservationManagementPlan for Arabian Sea humpback whales. The plan will foster needed regional collaboration to address threats & protect this population of <100 animals. iwc.int/resources/medi…

Celebrating #UNWorldOceansDay with Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea & Oceanic Global. Whales embody this year's theme of Wonder: Sustaining What Sustains Us, as ecosystem engineers, capturing carbon & transporting nutrients. But 26% of species are threatened & need our help #cetaceanconservation

Pleased to set the scene at Bridging the Waters from #UNOC3 to @UNWater Conference 2026. The links between #freshwater ecosystems & oceans are critical for sustainable water mgt & healthy #oceans, inc how to deal with pollution impacts such as chemicals & plastics on cetaceans

Pleased to set the scene at Bridging the Waters from #UNOC3 to @UNWater Conference 2026. The links between #freshwater ecosystems & oceans are critical for sustainable water mgt & healthy #oceans, inc how to deal with pollution impacts such as chemicals & plastics on cetaceans

Much to discuss with Peruvian colleagues, Ambassador Orozco and IWC Commissioner Reinoso at #UNOC3 including recent entanglement response training, a key pilot project for the #BycatchMitigationInitiative & prep for #IWC70-& of course huge thanks for successful hosting of IWC69!

Great to meet with IWC Commissioner Lesz of Poland during #UNOC3. A wide-ranging discussion included Poland's EU Presidency, the global issue of cetacean entanglement & IWC's training programmes for both entanglement & strandings response, plus preparations for #IWC70 in 2026

Pleased to participate in #UNOC3 General Debate: setting out IWC's contributions inc. data & assessments, capacity building (bycatch & entanglement, strandings, whale watching), species-specific conservation & more. With 26% of cetacean species under threat we need urgent action

Whale watching on the agenda for a meeting at #UNOC3 with colleagues from the Dominican Republic including Commissioner Reyes. The Dominican Republic is an active participant in the IWC Whale Watching Handbook, working to achieve sustainable whale watching wwhandbook.iwc.int/en/

Pleased to join Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) UN Biodiversity CITES & other key partners at #UNOC3 to discuss marine animal species for healthy ecosystems & long-term sustainability, inc. evolving threats to cetaceans & effective, science-based conservation & management responses

With IWC Commissioner Vasiliades from Cyprus at #UNOC3, discussing various aspects of the IWC work programme and planning for #IWC70 in the context of the EU Presidency

The latest news from the IWC Scientific Committee. Read more at iwc.int

Congratulations to all involved in another successful entanglement response workshop. Held in Piura, Peru it provided 60 participants with the skills to respond safely and effectively to whales entangled in fishing gear. Read more: iwc.int/resources/medi… #cetaceanconservation