× Information on this section of ECOLEX comes from the InforMEA Portal which compiled information from MEA Secretariats with the support of the European Union. The accuracy of the information displayed is the responsibility of the originating data source. In case of discrepancy the information as displayed on the respective MEA website prevails. Resolution on Canadian Membership to the IWC Document type Resolution Reference number 1998-13 Date May 16, 1998 SourceUNEP, InforMEA Status Adopted Subject Wild species & ecosystems, Sea Treaty International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (Dec 2, 1946) Meeting 50th Meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC50) Website crm.iwc.int Abstract WHEREAS Canada withdrew from the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in 1982, stating “it no longer has any direct interest in the whaling industry or in the related activities of the IWC”; NOTING that Canadian representation has been limited to Observer Status at annual IWC meetings since then; WHEREAS Canada issued its first license to take one bowhead whale in 1991 in the western Arctic from the Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort bowhead whale stock and then has continued to issue such licenses on a regular basis; WHEREAS Canada issued its first license to take one bowhead whale in 1996 from the Hudson Bay-Foxe Basin stock and one whale was landed; WHEREAS the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board has again requested that the Government of Canada authorize the landing of one bowhead whale from the Davis Strait/Baffin Bay stock; NOW THEREFORE THE COMMISSION: Reaffirms its opposition to all whaling not conducted under the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW); Invites the Government of Canada to rejoin the IWC and, in the meantime, not to issue further licenses for any whaling not conducted under the ICRW.