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CAPTAIN PAUL WATSON TO LEAD EFFORT TO HALT JAPANESE WHALING IN SOUTHERN OCEAN SANCTUARY
04 Apr 2024 02:59 GMT
… escalation in their pursuit of commercial whaling in the Southern Ocean. … moratorium on commercial whaling imposed by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) since 1986, Japan … echoing his historic confrontations with Japanese whalers a decade prior.
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Iceland cancels commercial whaling this season on animal welfare grounds, hailed as ‘a major milestone in compassionate whale conservation’ by HSI/Europe
21 Jun 2023 00:47 GMT
… to enact a global moratorium on all commercial whaling in 1986.
Iceland left … market for whale meat in Japan. Hunting resumed for the 2018 … decades of recovery since the commercial whaling moratorium.
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CAPTAIN PAUL WATSON FOUNDATION TO STOP KILLING OF ENDANGERED FIN WHALES IN ICELAND
16 Apr 2024 14:59 GMT
… 11.5 minutes. Iceland, alongside Japan and Norway, persists as one … nations to engage in commercial whaling, defying the global moratorium imposed by the … . Despite the global ban on commercial whaling mandated by the International Whaling …
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Fears Commercial Whaling Ban Could Be Lifted 40 Years After It Was Introduced
11 Nov 2022 05:33 GMT
… 2018, the IWC rejected Japan’s proposal to lift … ban. Japan subsequently left the IWC, and resumed commercial whaling.
According … after the departure of Japan, and Covid-19 pandemic … activity.
“The global moratorium on commercial whaling has spared the lives …
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Countries push to undermine ban on commercial whaling
18 Oct 2022 06:50 GMT
… proposal by Japan to lift the ban on commercial whaling, which Tokyo … and the climate crisis.
Japan, which had tried for … full implementation of the moratorium on commercial whaling in the schedule and … after the departure of Japan, the Covid pandemic and …
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On 40th anniversary of signing of commercial whaling moratorium, why modern whale conservation must be about more than just managing
21 Jul 2022 22:08 GMT
… the signing of the commercial whaling moratorium by members of the … Japan left the IWC in 2019 so that it could recommence commercial whaling … global moratorium,” added Ms Wellbelove.
“Not only is Japan … pro-whaling countries like Japan, Iceland and Norway …
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Maori king declares whales are people in push for legal rights
08 Apr 2024 16:23 GMT
… national governments
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Although a moratorium on commercial whaling came into effect in … hunted in Norway and Iceland. Japan harvests them for what it …
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Japanese company is selling whale meat from vending machines
05 Apr 2023 22:16 GMT
… (IWC) in 2019 and resumed commercial whaling in its own waters the … longer bound by the global moratorium on whaling or any other … government subsidies that have kept Japanese whaling afloat for so many … a whaling festival in Kagoshima, Japan. This is a whale …
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The Environmental Impact of the Japanese Whaling Industry
30 Mar 2023 05:36 GMT
… of Japanese Whaling
After World War II, Japan resumed commercial whaling in … a moratorium on commercial whaling, which came into effect in 1986. Japan initially … objected to the moratorium …
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Iceland Signals End To Commercial Whaling
07 Feb 2022 05:50 GMT
… to commercial whaling. With the news from Iceland, only
Japan and …
uphold its global moratorium on commercial whaling and
invest in … that Iceland is ending commercial whaling. Once Iceland
formally … commitments from Norway and Japan in the near
future.” …