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Report in English WESTERN GRAY WHALE ADVISORY PANEL WGWAP-19 19th meeting 14-16 November 2018 Moscow, Russia REPORT OF THE WESTERN GRAY WHALE ADVISORY PANEL AT ITS 19TH MEETING CONVENED BY THE INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE REPORT OF THE 19TH MEETING OF THE WGWAP (WGWAP-19) CONTENTS ACRONYMS.................................................................................................................................................... 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................. 5 1 INTRODUCTIONORY ITEMS ............................................................................................................. 7 1.1 Welcome from IUCN ...........................................................................................................................................................7 1.2 Co-chairs’ welcoming remarks ............................................................................................................................................7 1.3 Participants ...........................................................................................................................................................................7 1.4 Adoption of agenda ..............................................................................................................................................................8 1.5 Documents ...........................................................................................................................................................................8 1.6 Report drafting procedures and timeline ..............................................................................................................................8 2 WGWAP EXTERNAL EVALUATION AND WAY FORWARD ...................................................... 8 3 DEBRIEF AND REVIEW OF PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM 2018 SEISMIC SURVEY .... 10 3.1 Sakhalin Energy’s final Monitoring and Mitigation Plan, after-action report & lessons learned ....................................... 10 3.2 Report of IUCN’s Independent Observer of Sakhalin Energy’s 2018 seismic survey ....................................................... 11 3.3 Chair’s summaries of NTF-14 meeting, inter-sessional work, and NTF-15 meeting ......................................................... 11 3.4 Discussion and Panel conclusions ...................................................................................................................................... 12 3.4.1 Planning and field set-up ............................................................................................................................................... 12 3.4.2 Role of the WGWAP Advisory Group .......................................................................................................................... 13 3.4.3 Role of IUCN’s Independent Observer ......................................................................................................................... 13 3.4.4 MMP implementation .................................................................................................................................................... 13 3.4.5 Lessons for future surveys and workplan ...................................................................................................................... 14 4 SAKHALIN ENERGY ACTIVITIES IN 2018 AND PLANS FOR 2019 ONWARDS .................... 15 4.1 Update on Marine Mammal Protection Plan ...................................................................................................................... 15 4.2 Report on regular Marine Mammal Observer programme and ship strike avoidance measures, including speed limit implementation .................................................................................................................................................................. 16 4.3 Update on oil spill response planning and drills ................................................................................................................. 17 4.4 Other activities 2019-2021 ................................................................................................................................................. 18 5 IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY ..................................... 19 5.1 Update on critical habitat assessment and offset strategy for Sakhalin II project (marine mammals) ................................ 19 5.2 Discussion and Panel conclusions ...................................................................................................................................... 20 6 GRAY WHALE RESEARCH AND MONITORING IN 2017 AND 2018........................................ 21 6.1 Final results from the Company on the 2017 fieldwork and preliminary results of 2018 field programme (including progress on studies using long-term data) .......................................................................................................................... 21 6.1.1 Distribution ................................................................................................................................................................... 21 6.1.2 Photo-ID and biopsy ...................................................................................................................................................... 23 6.1.3 Progress on studies using long-term data ...................................................................................................................... 25 6.2 Russia Gray Whale Project 2018 results and 2019 plans ................................................................................................... 27 6.3 Photo catalogues and cross-matching ................................................................................................................................. 27 7 POPULATION ASSESSMENT ............................................................................................................ 28 7.1 Status of gray whales in the western North Pacific ............................................................................................................ 28 7.1.1 Current........................................................................................................................................................................... 28 7.1.2 Historical ....................................................................................................................................................................... 29 7.2 Summary of results of IWC range-wide workshops on stock structure .............................................................................. 29 8 GOVERNMENT UPDATES ................................................................................................................. 30 8.1 Activities of Biodiversity Group /Environmental Council at Sakhalin MNR level ............................................................ 30 8.1.1 Presentation ................................................................................................................................................................... 30 8.1.2 Discussion and Panel conclusions ................................................................................................................................. 31 8.2 Business and Biodiversity Initiative in Russia: current situation and perspectives ............................................................ 31 9 FUTURE OF JOINT PROGRAMME ................................................................................................. 32 9.1 Sakhalin Energy’s plans ..................................................................................................................................................... 32 9.1.1 Company presentation ................................................................................................................................................... 32 2 REPORT OF THE 19TH MEETING OF THE WGWAP (WGWAP-19) 9.1.2 Discussion and Panel conclusions ................................................................................................................................. 33 9.2 Panel’s consideration of further engagement on Joint Programme design and plans ......................................................... 34 10 MANAGING OTHER ISSUES ON THE SAKHALIN SHELF ........................................................ 34 10.1 Update on other oil and gas companies in and near the whale feeding areas in 2018 and beyond ..................................... 34 10.1.1 Overview of PJSC “Gazprom Neft” .............................................................................................................................. 34 10.1.2 Environmental monitoring and control at Ayashsky and other licence areas of LLC “Gazpromneft-Sakhalin” in 2018 36 10.1.3 IUCN overview of 2018 activities and future plans of other operators ......................................................................... 38 10.2 Update on cruise ship visits to Piltun ................................................................................................................................. 39 10.3 Update on interactions between fisheries and gray whales in Russia ................................................................................. 40 10.4 Pacific herring die-off
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