Sentences with phrase «commercial whaling activities»

I believe these actions hold the most promise of effecting a reduction in Iceland's commercial whaling activities.

Although no sanctions were implemented, the President urged Iceland to cease its commercial whaling activities.

In a move hailed by conservation activists, President Obama initiated potential diplomatic sanctions against Iceland this week for its commercial whaling activity.

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She has lead the development and management of this collaborative initiative which aims to better understand and reduce cumulative threats to at - risk whale species that may arise from commercial vessel activities throughout the southern coast of British Columbia, Canada.

To ensure that this issue continues to receive the highest level of attention, I direct: (1) relevant U.S. delegations attending meetings with Icelandic officials and senior Administration officials visiting Iceland to raise U.S. concerns regarding commercial whaling by Icelandic companies and seek ways to halt such action; (2) Cabinet secretaries to evaluate the appropriateness of visits to Iceland depending on continuation of the current suspension of fin whaling; (3) the Department of State to examine Arctic cooperation projects, and where appropriate, link U.S. cooperation to the Icelandic government changing its whaling policy and abiding by the IWC moratorium on commercial whaling; (4) the Departments of Commerce and State to consult with other international actors on efforts to end Icelandic commercial whaling and have Iceland abide by the IWC moratorium on commercial whaling; (5) the Department of State to inform the Government of Iceland that the United States will continue to monitor the activities of Icelandic companies that engage in commercial whaling; and (6) relevant U.S. agencies to continue to examine other options for responding to continued whaling by Iceland.

President Barack Obama informed Congress on September 15 of his decision not to apply trade measures to Iceland for commercial whaling in defiance of the IWC ban on such activity.

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.