The Scientific Council should:
a) Consider combining work streams related to recreational in-water interactions and boat-based wildlife watching in the coming intersessional period, ensuring all CMS-listed species that are the target of swim- or dive-with activities are covered by any guidelines to be developed;
b) Review, subject to availability of resources, existing guidelines, good practice and underpinning scientific evidence of the issues of concern, and based on this review develop guidelines on recreational in-water interactions with CMS-listed species;
c) Consult the International Whaling Commission (IWC) during the preparation of the guidelines and other documents;
d) Report to the Standing Committee at its 48th and 49th meetings on the progress in implementing this Decision;
e) Present the guidelines and recommended code of conduct for operators concerning recreational in-water interaction to the 13th meeting of the Conference of the Parties for formal consideration;
f) Consider, in the light of CMS Technical Series No. 33 Cetaceans of the Red Sea, launched at the 12th meeting of the Conference of the Parties, how best to take forward the conservation of cetaceans in the Red Sea region, taking into account all relevant threats, and report back on this to the 13th meeting of the Conference of the Parties.