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International meetingsPar�cipa�on of scien�sts from the Ins�tute of Cetacean Research inInterna�onal Mee�ngs in 2020
Annual mee�ng of the Interna�onal Whaling
Commission Scien�ﬁc Commi�ee (IWC SC)
The Interna�onal Whaling Commission (IWC) is an interna�onal body set up by the terms of the Interna�onal Conven�on for the Regula�on of Whaling (ICRW), which was signed
in Washington, D.C., United States, on 2 December 1946, toʻprovide for the proper conserva�on of whale stocks andthus make possible the orderly development of the whaling industryʼ. One of the important subsidiary bodies of theIWC is the Scien�ﬁc Commi�ee (SC), which meets annually.
Originally, the 2020 mee�ng of the IWC SC was planned
for Cambridge, United Kingdom, between 12 and 24 May.
The in-person mee�ng was cancelled due to the Covid-19
pandemic. Instead, the mee�ng was carried out througha series of virtual sessions in the same period. A total ofnine scien�sts from the ICR par�cipated in the virtualmee�ngs (Fujise, Kato, Pastene, Tamura, Matsuoka, Hakamada, Taguchi, Isoda and Katsumata). They presented
a total of 11 documents: six documents at the Standing
Working Group on Abundance Es�mates, Stock Status
and Interna�onal Cruises (ASI), three as Intersessional
Steering Group (ISG) reports, one at the ad hoc Working
Group on Photo-ID (PH), and one at the Sub-Commi�ee
on Conserva�on Management Plans (CMP).
The report of the IWC SC mee�ng can be found on thewebsite of the IWC (h�ps://iwc.int/home).
In 2020, ICR scien�sts also par�cipated in the Mee�ngof the IWC-POWER Technical Advisory Group (TAG) andthe 2020 IWC-POWER Planning Mee�ng, held at the Fisheries Agency of Japan (FAJ)ʼs Crew House, Tokyo, Japan
from 18 to 21 January. On 20 April, a virtual mee�ng washeld to discuss the eﬀect of the Covid-19 pandemic onthe logis�cal aspects of the 2020 IWC-POWER survey.
Kato, Pastene, Matsuoka, Hakamada, Taguchi and Takahashi from the ICR par�cipated in these mee�ngs.
The report of these mee�ngs can be found on the website of the IWC (h�ps://iwc.int/home).

Annual mee�ng of the Conven�on on the Conserva�on of Antarc�c Marine Living Resources–
Working Group on Ecosystem Monitoring andManagement (CCAMLR-EMM)
The Conven�on on the Conserva�on of Antarc�c Marine
Living Resources (CCAMLR) is part of the Antarc�c Treaty

System. The Conven�on was opened for signature on 1 August 1980 and entered into force on 7 April 1982, thereby
establishing the Commission for the Conserva�on of Antarc�c Marine Living Resources. Its goal is to preserve marine life and environmental integrity in and near Antarc�ca.
It was established in large part in response to concerns thatan increase in krill catches in the Southern Ocean could
have a serious impact on popula�ons of other marine life,
which are dependent upon krill for food. The CCAMLR hasa Scien�ﬁc Commi�ee and several Working Groups, including the Working Group on Ecosystem Monitoring andManagement (EMM), which meet annually.
The 2020 CCAMLR EMM mee�ng was planned originally for Kochi, India, between 6 and 17 July. The in-personmee�ng was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Instead, an e-mail group held virtual discussions between
6 and 13 July, on three main topics: Risk Assessment Approach, Krill Management Approach, and Research andMonitoring Plan. One scien�st from the ICR par�cipatedin the mee�ng (Pastene).
The report of the e-mail group discussion can be foundon the website of the CCAMLR (h�ps://www.ccamlr.org/).

Annual mee�ng of the North Paciﬁc Marine
Science Organiza�on (PICES)The North Paciﬁc Marine Science Organiza�on (PICES) is anintergovernmental science organiza�on established in 1992
to promote and coordinate marine scien�ﬁc research in theNorth Paciﬁc Ocean and its adjacent seas, and to provide amechanism for informa�on and data exchange among scien�sts of member countries. The present members are Canada, Japan, Peopleʼs Republic of China, Republic of Korea,
the Russian Federa�on, and the United States of America.
The 2020 mee�ng of the PICES was originally plannedfor Qingdao, China, between 22 October and 1 November.
The in-person mee�ng was cancelled due to the Covid-19
pandemic. Instead, a business mee�ng of the Sec�on on
Marine Bird and Mammals (S-MBM) was carried out virtually on 16–17 October. One scien�st from the ICR par�cipated in the mee�ng (Tamura). He presented the documentʻEs�ma�on of prey consump�on by marine mammals in thePICES regions—Update of Hunt et al. (2000)—ʼ. The businessmee�ng discussed research projects for the next ﬁve years.
The report of the mee�ng can be found on the websiteof PICES (h�ps://mee�ngs.pices.int/).
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