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. Furthermore the Committee has convened two Expert Group meetings; one on Best Practices in Sealing in February 2009 and one on Assessment of Whale Killing Data in February 2010. Currently the Committee is planning a third Expert Group meeting on the hunting of small cetaceans that will meet 15 to 17 November 2011 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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 (2011/2012) re-elected Chair of the Committee is Egil Ole Øen (Norway) and the vice-Chair is Eyþór Björnsson (Iceland).

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Shooting trials