(from "REP. INT. WHAL. COMMN 47, 1997")
| Antigua and Barbuda |
| D.C. Joseph (C) |
| Australia |
| P. Bridgewater (C) |
| G.R.V. Anderson (AC) |
| D. Kay (AC) |
| C. Conroy (AC) |
| P. Eiser |
| M. McIntyre |
| D. Thiele |
| Austria |
| H.-M. Schrott (C) |
| G. Emberger |
| M. Stachowitsch |
| S. Oberleitner (S) |
| Brazil |
| L.F. Fortuna (C) |
| M.C. Pinedo |
| Chile |
| E. Ruiz-Tagle (C) |
| M. Skoknic (AC) |
| People's Republic of China |
| Xiaoyan Wang (C) |
| Yi Xian-Liang (AC) |
| Denmark |
| H. Fischer (C) |
| F. Lynge (AC) |
| M.F. Andreassen |
| E. Born |
| B. Buch |
| O.G. Christiani |
| N. Cleaver |
| P. Heilmann |
| A. Jessen |
| O. Johannesen |
| E. Lemche |
| K. Mortensen |
| P. Barner Neve |
| H. Nielsen |
| S. Poulsen |
| Finland |
| A. Haapanen (C) |
| France |
| L. Stefanini (C) |
| M. Pascal (AC) |
| B. Sifaoui |
| Germany |
| H. Kleeschulte (C) |
| R. Krapp (AC) |
| G. Conrad |
| P. Deimer |
| A. Thyssen |
| Grenada |
| M. Baptiste (C) |
| Ireland |
| M. Canny (C) |
| G. McDonnell |
| Japan |
| K. Shima (C) |
| M. Horiguchi (AC) |
| M. Komatsu (AC) |
| I. Nomura (AC) |
| Y. Takase (AC) |
| S. Azumi |
| Y. Hamada |
| K. Hatsumura |
| N. Hattori |
| Y. Hayashi |
| Y. Iino |
| H. Ishikawa |
| I. Isone |
| H. Ito |
| Y. Kaneko |
| H. Kato |
| C. Kimura |
| H. Kobori |
| K. Kohata |
| S. Misaki |
| K. Miura |
| S. Miyamoto |
| S. Moriya |
| T. Nakamura (I) |
| H. Ogawa |
| S. Ohsumi |
| M. Ohta (I) |
| K. Seki |
| H. Shigemune |
| K. Takahashi |
| H. Takeya |
| A. Tomita (I) |
| K. Ueda |
| N. Yagi |
| K. Yamamura |
| Republic of Korea |
| Y. Gong (C) |
| S.Y. Jung |
| C. Kim |
| J.H. Lee |
| Mexico |
| A. Rozental (C) |
| J. Lomónaco (AC) |
| R.G. Millán (I) |
| L. Rojas-Bracho |
| Monaco |
| F. Doumenge (C) |
| F. Briand (AC) |
| Netherlands |
| F. von der Assen (C) |
| M.H. Winter (AC) |
| K. Lankester |
| New Zealand |
| J.K. McLay (C) |
| M. Donoghue |
| D. Geels |
| Norway |
| K. Bryn (C) |
| H.P. Johansen (AC) |
| K. Bastesen (S) |
| S. Bastesen |
| R. Bothun |
| E. Bryhn (S) |
| B. Angell-Hansen |
| J.F. Danielsen |
| A.H. Hoel |
| E. Lorentzen |
| E.O. Øen |
| I.L. Opdahl |
| L. Walløe |
| I. Winsnes |
| Oman |
| H.S.H. Ambusaidi (C) |
| Russian Federation |
| V.Y. Ilyashenko (C) |
| A.A. Matveev (AC) |
| V. Etylin |
| I. Nikonorov (I) |
| St Lucia |
| J.E. Edmunds (C) |
| H. Walters |
| St Vincent and The Grenadines |
| S. Nanton (C) |
| F. Hester (AC) |
| Solomon Islands |
| E.H. Andresen (C) |
| E. Oreihaka (AC) |
| South Africa |
| G. de Villiers (C) |
| S. van Zyl (AC) |
| Spain |
| C. Dominguez (C) |
| C. Asencio |
| Sweden |
| B. Fernholm (C) |
| T. Lyrholm |
| Switzerland |
| T. Althaus (C) |
| R. Ziegler (AC) |
| UK |
| C.I. Llewelyn (C) |
| J.C. Baxter (AC) |
| J.T. Addison |
| S. Lashley (S) |
| H. McLachlan |
| I. Muchmore |
| C. Stroud (S) |
| F.A. Walters |
| M. Whatley |
| USA |
| D. James Baker (C) |
| M. Tillman (AC) |
| S. Ashton |
| N. Azzam |
| D. Barneveld (S) |
| R.L. Brownell Jr. |
| M. Carroll |
| K. Chu |
| E.W. Comstock (S) |
| D. Dailey (S) |
| D. Greene (S) |
| M. Hayes |
| C.B. Johnson (S) |
| E. Keen |
| A. Levinson |
| E. Malcik (S) |
| W. Martin |
| J. McGruder (S) |
| T. Melius (S) |
| M. Parker |
| E. Pearson (S) |
| A. Renker (S) |
| B. Rexford |
| S. Smullen (S) |
| K. Steuer (S) |
| D. Whaley (S) |
| Chairman of Scientific Committee |
| S.B. Reilly |
| NON-MEMBER GOVERNMENT OBSERVERS | |
| Canada | D. Goodman |
| Iceland | G. Eiriksson A. Halldorsson |
| Morocco | A. Taleb |
| Namibia | C. Brown B.J. van Zyl |
| Zimbabwe | M.Z. Mtsambiwa |
| INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION OBSERVERS | |
| ASCOBANS | S. Heimlich-Boran M. Tasker (Alt) |
| CCAMLR | M. Whatley |
| EC | A. Thomson |
| ICES | L. Walløe |
| IUCN | J.G. Cooke G. Maggio |
| NAMMCO | K. Sanderson |
| UNEP/CMS | A. Müller-Helmbrecht |
| NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION OBSERVERS | |
| African Wildlife Foundation | G. Hemley |
| Agentur Wildtierschutz | A. von Bismarck |
| All Japan Seamen's Union | N. Matsushita I. Hidaka (I) |
| American Cetacean Society | K. O'Connell |
| American Friends Service Committee | S.L. Sutcliffe |
| American Zoo and Aquarium Association | K.L. Vehrs |
| Animal Kingdom Foundation | H. Aridjis B. Ferber (I) |
| Animal Welfare Institute | R. Spill |
| Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition | A.M. Mikkelsen |
| Appel Pour les Baleines | N. Delaquis |
| Association for Protection of Japanese Fisheries | I. Shikasho M. Hino (I) |
| Association for the Protection of Wildlife and Amazonia | L. Sutty |
| Australians for Animals | S. Arnold |
| BREACH | A. Scollick |
| Campaign Whale | A. Ottaway |
| Care for the Wild | J. Martin Jones |
| Center for Action on Endangered Species | P. Wray |
| Center for Marine Conservation | N.M. Young |
| Cetacean Society International | C. Carlson |
| Citizens League for Preservation of Whaling | T. Fukunishi K. Kubo (I) |
| Coalition Clean Baltic | S. Hvoslev |
| CODEFF | M.I. Manzur |
| Cousteau Society | C.L.S. Merriam |
| David Shepherd Conservation Foundation | S. Trent |
| Deutsches Tierhilfswerk e.V. | S. Altherr |
| Dolphin Connection | A. Moss |
| Dominica Conservation Association | M. George-Dill B. Wiltshire (Alt) |
| Earth Island Institute | K. Hanley |
| EarthKind | C. Thomas |
| Earthtrust | S. White |
| Ecodetectives | J.J. Lonsdale |
| Environmental Investigation Agency | A. Thornton |
| Eurogroup for Animal Welfare | C. van Liere |
| European Bureau for Conservation and Development | D. Symons H. Alexandratos (Alt) |
| Fauna and Flora Preservation Society | J. Tipson |
| Federation of Japan Tuna Fisheries Cooperative Associations | T. Maruoka |
| Friends of Animals | B. White |
| Friends of Whalers | A. Macnow |
| Global Guardian Trust | Y. Kaneko G. Gomez (I) |
| Greenpeace International | D. McTaggart |
| Group to Preserve Whale Dietary Culture | M. Takeuchi M. Takeuchi (I) |
| Harpunens Venner | L. Selvik L. Jusnes (Alt) A. Rikardsen (Alt) |
| Henke & Associates Ltd | J.S. Henke |
| High North Alliance | J.O. Olavsen S. Ward (Alt) G. Blichfeldt (I) |
| Humane Society International | E. Dribben D. Chamblin (Alt) |
| Indigenous World Association | A. Brower Jr |
| Institute for the Study of Animal Problems | L. Jenkins |
| International Association for Religious Freedom in North America | T. Albert S. Kito (Alt) |
| International Coalition of Fisheries Associations | K. Loftsson |
| International Commission of Jurists | J.S. Lefevre |
| International Dolphin Watch | C. Stroud L. Pierre (Alt) |
| International Environmental Advisors | J. Frizell |
| International Foundation for the Conservation of Natural Resources | S.S. Boynton B.L. Evans (I) |
| International Fund for Animal Welfare | A. Moscrop |
| International Institute for Environment and Development | G. Shepherd |
| International League for the Protection of Cetaceans | L. Busby |
| International Marine Mammal Assoc Inc | V. Papastavrou |
| International Ocean Institute | O. Lindquist |
| International Transport Workers Federation | T. Nakao |
| International Wildlife Coalition | D.J. Morast |
| International Wildlife Management Consortium | E. Lapointe H. Lapointe (Alt) E. Wright (Alt) C. Eccles (I) |
| Inuit Circumpolar Conference | G. Ahmaogak |
| Inuit Circumpolar Conference Environmental Commission | A. Lynge |
| Japan Small-type Whaling Association | Y. Shoji |
| Japan Whale Conservation Network | N. Funahashi |
| Japan Whaling Association | S. Kawahara M. Ito (I) |
| Minority Rights Group | J. Tichotsky C. Herlingson (Alt) |
| Monitor | C. Van Note |
| National Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Associations | T. Arakawa Y. Iijima (I) |
| National Trappers Association | S. Hartman B. Vincent (I) |
| Nordic Council for Animal Welfare | T. Metveit |
| Norwegian Whalers Union | B.H. Bendiksen J. Bakke (I) |
| PANGEA | J.T. Palazzo Jr |
| Patagonia 2000 | S. Holt |
| Riches of the Sea | H. Yagita Y. Shiraishi (I) |
| Robin des Bois | M.J. Bonnemains C. Nithart (Alt) C. Kennedy (I) |
| Rondor Music International | B. Killian |
| Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | D. Bowles |
| Save the Children | S. Rexford |
| SAVE International | M. Treistman |
| Seafinding Associates Ltd | A. Martin |
| Survival International | M. Ahmaogak |
| Tusk Force | S. Fisher |
| Waterlife Association | G. Leape |
| Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society | M. Simmonds A. Thompson (Alt) |
| Whaling Problem Discussion Committee | M. Ohnishi Y. Ohnishi (I) |
| Women's International League for Peace and Freedom | C. Bailey |
| Working Group for the Protection of Marine Mammals | S.E. Luber |
| World Council of Indigenous Peoples | T. Napageak |
| World Wide Fund for Nature | C. Phillips |
| Zoo Check | R. Johns |
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