Sentences with phrase «ban on commercial whaling»

From the outset of their large - scale commercial hunting operations in the late 1920s until the international ban on commercial whaling in 1986, Nippon Suisan, Kyokuyo and Maruha profited from the death...

From the outset of their large - scale commercial hunting operations in the late 1920s until the international ban on commercial whaling in 1986, Nippon Suisan, Kyokuyo and Maruha profited from the death of nearly half a million great whales.

A controversial proposal to end the 24 - year - old ban on commercial whaling was shelved today at the International Whaling Commission's (IWC's) annual meeting in Agadir, Morocco.

Japan's whaling proponents say there are no good scientific reasons for a blanket ban on commercial whaling.

While this activity involved witnessing whale hunting, it generated a huge amount of both data and specimens, and helped contribute to the eventual ban on commercial whaling.

In 2010, HSI and its allies successfully fought off a proposal by a number of member governments — including the United States — to relax the quarter - century - old worldwide ban on commercial whaling.

Recognize that all whales require ongoing protection in the form of continued bans on commercial whaling and international trade in whale products.

Before representatives from more than 80 governments meet to consider a proposal to lift the 24 - year ban on commercial whaling, conservation groups including HSI released independent statistics showing how the current ban has saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of whales.

Conservation and animal welfare groups commended Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and the U.S. Department of Commerce for the announcement that Iceland is undermining the effectiveness of the International Whaling Commission by hunting whales in defiance of the IWC's global ban on commercial whaling.

An international ban on commercial whaling was instituted in 1964 and the whale population has since rebounded.

US law allows the restriction of imports from countries that «undermine» international conservation agreements such as the ban on commercial whaling.

Once abundant, blue whales were hunted to just 500 individuals before a ban on commercial whaling came in during the 1960s.

Earlier this year at the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission in Panama, South Korea had announced plans to kill whales under the guise of science, by exploiting a loophole to the ban on commercial whaling.

350, a resolution calling on the US delegation to the International Whaling Commission to resume its leadership role and defend the ban on commercial whaling.

In 1982, a ban on commercial whaling was adopted and all but a few countries ceased whaling.

Japan, Norway, and Iceland have threatened to leave the IWC and create their own international whaling organization if the ban on commercial whaling is not lifted in the near future.

Japan has been violating the ban on commercial whaling since it first went into effect in 1986 — by using a loophole in the International Convention on the Regulation of Whaling that allows countries to kill whales for scientific purposes.

The ban on commercial whaling also does not affect aboriginal subsistence whaling, which is permitted by Denmark, the Russian Federation, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and the United States.

The governments of Iceland and Norway keep ignoring the international ban on commercial whaling and continue to unilaterally...

Under an exemption to the international ban on commercial whaling, Greenland can hunt whales for local consumption.

In 2006, the Icelandic government stated it would no longer respect an international ban on commercial whaling; it issued permits for the commercial hunting of nine endangered fin whales and 30 minke whales.