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1 Report of IWC Workshop on Marine Debris: The Way ForwardCHAIR’S SUMMARYThe IWC’s third Workshop on Marine Debris met in La Garriga in Catalonia, Spain, 3-5 of December 2019 with experts from nine countries attending. The workshop aimed to progress the IWC’s work on this threat by: (i) reviewing the latest evidence on interactions with cetaceans (both ingestion and entanglement) and considering evidence for associated toxicology; (ii) identifying best protocols for gross pathology, pathology for microdebris and the standardised classification of recovered plastics and other debris; and (iii) developing liaison with other relevant expert bodies