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Committee on Hunting Methods


NAMMCO Committee on Hunting Methods

The Committee provides advice on hunting methods for the marine mammals relevant to NAMMCO member countries. The Rules of Procedure govern the Committee's functions.
 
The Committee has organised four Workshops; Nuuk in 1999, Sandefjord in 2001 and Copenhagen in 2004, and Copenhagen in November 2006.

As a follow up of recommendations from the workshops, members of the committee conducted shooting trials on heads of dead pilot whales and developed guidelines to test the efficiency of rifle ammunition used for hunting and euthanasia of small whales.

The currently (2006/2007) re-elected Chair of the Committee is Egil Ole Øen (Norway) and the vice-Chair is Kristjan Loftsson (Iceland).
Shooting trials