Sentences with phrase «commercial whale hunt»

Japan decided not to introduce its usual proposal for starting a commercial whale hunt on its coast.

The disagreement has its roots in a decision by Iceland to resume commercial whale hunting in 2006.

Not exact matches

Critics have long argued that Japan's «scientific research» whaling was commercial hunting cloaked in a lab coat.

Though Japan abandoned its Antarctic hunt for this year, it immediately vowed to retool its research program with an eye to resuming it as early as the 2015 - 2016 season, and eventually to resume commercial whaling as well.

NORWAY faces strong condemnation from the International Whaling Commission again this year, as its whalers continue their commercial hunt in the face of a world moratorium and in the absence of any reliable way of determining «safe» catch quotas.

Unlike Norway, which admits its hunt is commercial, Japan maintains that it is hunting whales for «scientific research».

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

Philbrick's accessible narrative of the tragic 1820s whaling voyage whose central disaster was the violent encounter with a sperm whale engages readers with descriptions of Nantucket's unusual commercial, religious, and social characteristics, the class and racial aspects of Nantucket whaling, and other issues raised by the Essex's final whale hunt.

After commercial hunting ended, some species, such as the gray whale and northern elephant seal, have rebounded in numbers; conversely, other species, such as the North Atlantic right whale, are critically endangered.

This hunt has been allowed under an «aboriginal / subsistence whaling» exception to the commercial - hunting ban.

Although commercial whaling has largely been banned in the Pacific, the International Whaling Commission allows sea hunting by aboriginal peoples whose economic and cultural survival is atwhaling has largely been banned in the Pacific, the International Whaling Commission allows sea hunting by aboriginal peoples whose economic and cultural survival is atWhaling Commission allows sea hunting by aboriginal peoples whose economic and cultural survival is at stake.

International Whaling Commission (IWC) regulations protect western gray whales from commercial and aboriginal subsistence whaling; the range states of the Russian Federation, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and China, are members of the IWC (but as noted above, some limited illegal hunting may conWhaling Commission (IWC) regulations protect western gray whales from commercial and aboriginal subsistence whaling; the range states of the Russian Federation, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and China, are members of the IWC (but as noted above, some limited illegal hunting may conwhaling; the range states of the Russian Federation, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and China, are members of the IWC (but as noted above, some limited illegal hunting may continue).

An ad hoc group within the International Whaling Commission has offered a proposal that would sanction some commercial whaling for the first time in decades while reducing the amount of whaling taking place through what amount to end runs around a longstanding whaling moratorium — like Iceland's expanding hunt of fin whales (video above) and Japan's «research» whale hunts in the ocean near AntaWhaling Commission has offered a proposal that would sanction some commercial whaling for the first time in decades while reducing the amount of whaling taking place through what amount to end runs around a longstanding whaling moratorium — like Iceland's expanding hunt of fin whales (video above) and Japan's «research» whale hunts in the ocean near Antawhaling for the first time in decades while reducing the amount of whaling taking place through what amount to end runs around a longstanding whaling moratorium — like Iceland's expanding hunt of fin whales (video above) and Japan's «research» whale hunts in the ocean near Antawhaling taking place through what amount to end runs around a longstanding whaling moratorium — like Iceland's expanding hunt of fin whales (video above) and Japan's «research» whale hunts in the ocean near Antawhaling moratorium — like Iceland's expanding hunt of fin whales (video above) and Japan's «research» whale hunts in the ocean near Antarctica.

The hunts have gone on for years in the name of scientific research, using a loophole in the 1986 moratorium on commercial whaling under the International Whaling Commwhaling under the International Whaling CommWhaling Commission.

On Earth Day, the leadership of the International Whaling Commission issued a long - discussed proposal for a «peace plan» aimed at reining in expanding whale hunts by Japan, Norway and Iceland that have, in various ways, skirted the longstanding moratorium on commercial wWhaling Commission issued a long - discussed proposal for a «peace plan» aimed at reining in expanding whale hunts by Japan, Norway and Iceland that have, in various ways, skirted the longstanding moratorium on commercial whalingwhaling.

But at the same time, we are deeply concerned about this season's commercial hunt exceeding the number of whales taken in the recent past.

Environmentalists fight to sustain a moratorium on commercial whaling, but usually — as I wrote a few years ago — use arguments about rarity, rather than right and wrong, about whether they should be hunted.

The U.S. and other International Whaling Commission (IWC) member countries have tried for years to persuade Iceland to end its commercial whaling — which includes hunting of the endangered fin whale — as it undermines the effectiveness of IWC's commercial whaliWhaling Commission (IWC) member countries have tried for years to persuade Iceland to end its commercial whaling — which includes hunting of the endangered fin whale — as it undermines the effectiveness of IWC's commercial whaliwhaling — which includes hunting of the endangered fin whale — as it undermines the effectiveness of IWC's commercial whalingwhaling ban.

Despite a moratorium on commercial whaling and a ban on international trade of whale products, countries such as Iceland continue to hunt whales for their markets.

Since it resumed commercial whaling in 2002, Iceland has also declined to provide information on the welfare aspects of its hunts with the IWC.

Under an objection to the global moratorium on commercial whaling and a reservation to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) ban on international trade in minke whales, Norway is able to legally hunt and trade minke whales.

In a controversial move, Iceland was allowed to rejoin in 2002 and file a formal reservation to the moratorium, which allows it to hunt whales for commercial purposes.

These ties have continued into the current century, despite the 1982 International Whaling Commission (IWC) decision to impose a moratorium on the commercial hunting of whales.

Waitrose and Marks & Spencer protested to the Icelandic government over its decision in January 2009 to resume commercial whaling, including a hunt for endangered fin whales.

Slayed in Iceland: The commercial hunting and international trade in endangered fin whales has been jointly released by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC) on the eve of the 65th meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in Portorož, Slovenia.

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.

When asked what people could do to become actively involved in bringing an end to the senseless thrill kills, Hammarstedt suggested hitting the Faroese in their wallets, a tactic not at all unfamiliar to Captain Paul Watson and Sea Shepherd who are well known for their successful efforts to bankrupt rogue maritime industries including the collapsing Canadian seal hunt and illegal Japanese commercial whaling.

But, unlike Japan who kills whales under the pretext of «scientific research» (a loophole in the international moratorium on whaling), Norway openly hunts for commercial purposes despite the illegality of it.

While we can all agree that Japan's scientific research program - under which it claims the prerogative to hunt 1,000 or so whales every year - is merely a front for a commercial whaling enterprise, we shouldn't have to resort to the type of vicious tactics employed by Watson and his crew to block its activities.

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...

They are the World the World Trade Organization's ruling upholding the EU law banning seal products, and the decision of the International Court of Justice that Japan's Antarctic whale hunt is not exempt from the international moratorium on commercial whaling because it does not qualify for the scientific research exemption under international whaling law.