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Western Gray Whale Advisory Panel Meetings

WGWAP Panel Meetings

The WGWAP holds two full meetings each calendar year. The meetings are attended by the full Panel, representatives from SEIC and scientists under contract to SEIC, as well as observers from environmental NGOs and international financial institutions. See the Meetings Archive for full details.

At each meeting, the Panel reviews a number of technical documents relating to research and monitoring activities, ongoing conservation efforts and mitigation and management efforts relating to the Sakhalin 2 development.

The report of the Panel at each meeting includes a number of recommendations and other advice concerning future research priorities and management and mitigation measures to enhance  protection of the whales. See Summary Recommendations table (under construction).

Task Force Meetings

What is a Task Force?
To access additional expertise that may be required on specific issues, the Panel may, at the discretion of the Chair, constitute task forces under the coordination of one of the panel members. The task forces may include other members of the panel as well as “non-panel” scientists with relevant expertise. (See WGWAP Terms of Reference)

Task Forces are therefore an opportunity for groups of scientists and other technical specialist to come together to examine specific technical issues. Where appropriate, IUCN may contract additional “Associate Scientists” to contribute to the work of Task Forces, where it is believed such additional technical expertise will be valuable. The findings of each Task Force are reported back to the full panel at successive meetings of the WGWAP to enable all stakeholders to more fully understand what decisions and recommendations have been made by the Task Force.

To date, the WGWAP has convened three such Task Forces:

• Photo-ID Task Force 
• Oil Spill Task Force
• 4-D Seismic Task Force
  

Meetings archive

4th meeting of the Western Gray Whale Advisory Panel

• Provisional Agenda English
• Provisional Agenda Russian
  
  
• Provisional Documentation archive (4th meeting)

3rd meeting of the Western Gray Whale Advisory Panel

• Report from the 3rd meeting of the Western Gray Whale Advisory Panel (English)
• Report from the 3rd meeting of the Western Gray Whale Advisory Panel (Russian)
• Summary of recommendations and responses from the 3rd meeting

• Provisional Agenda English
• Provisional Agenda Russian
  
  
• Documentation archive (3rd meeting)

2nd meeting of the Western Gray Whale Advisory Panel

• Report from the 2nd meeting of the Western Gray Whale Advisory Panel (English)
• Report from the 2nd meeting of the Western Gray Whale Advisory Panel (Russian)
• Summary of recommendations and responses from the 2nd meeting
  
  
• Agenda English
• Agenda Russian
  
  
• Documentation archive (2nd meeting)

1st meeting of the Western Gray Whale Advisory Panel

• Report from the 1st meeting of the Western Gray Whale Advisory Panel
• Report from the 1st meeting of the Western Gray Whale Advisory Panel (Russian)
  
  
• Report on IUCN's opening session at the 1st panel meeting
• Report on IUCN's opening session at the 1st panel meeting (Russian)
  
  
• Summary of recommendations and responses from the meeting
  
  
• Task Forces established by the 1st meeting of the Western Gray Whale Advisory Panel
• Summary recommendations from WGWAP in respon
  
  
• Documentation archive (1st meeting)