Scientific Advice
The Greenland Institute of Natural Resources provides the Greenland Self Rule with advice on sustainable exploitation of living resources and safeguarding of the environment and biodiversity. The biological advice of GINR are independent of special interests and based on scientific documentation from research and monitoring.
Population assessments, advice, etc. are produced and assured in scientific committees under various international bodies. GINR is represented in:
- International Whaling Commission (IWC)
- North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission (NAMMCO)
- Joint Commission for Narwhal and Beluga (JCNB)(Danish version)
- International Polar Bear Specialist Group (IPSBG)
- International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
- Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO)
- Northeast Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC)
- International Council for Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
- Circumpolar Arctic Rangifer Monitoring and Assessment network (CARMA)
Latest news:
Decline in all inshore halibut stocks in North Greenland
Recently, the inshore stocks of Greenland halibut in Disko Bay, Uummannaq and Upernavik have all...
14.10.2017
Reduced catch advice on pelagic fish species for 2018
The biological advice for fishery of mackerel, herring and blue whiting in the Northeast Atlantic...
Catch of certain sea mammals assessed sustainable
Contrary to last year’s NDF- assessment, Non-Detrimental Findings, catch of walrus in Greenland has...