Sentences with phrase «for whaling nations»

If adopted in June at the IWC annual meeting in Agadir, Morocco, the proposal would set 10 years of «scientifically determined» catch limits for the whaling nations.

Not exact matches

Japan has failed to sell three - quarters of its 2011 whale - meat harvest, a loss of appetite for cetacean blubber that may spell the end of the hunt in the world's largest whaling nation.

Currently, a trio of nations — Japan, Norway, and Iceland — continue to hunt, despite the ban, doing so through loopholes in the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, a 1946 treaty.

Japan's whaling fleet last week departed for the southern seas for the first time since the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered the nation to halt its research whaling in March 2014.

With a wealth of diverse wildlife including humpback whales, harbour seals, porpoises, black bears, bald eagles, and seabirds plus thousands of years of First Nations» culture and history, the Broughton Archipelago is a great location for an early season kayak tour.

Float the morning away in your ocean - front pool, then meander through the nation's only congressionally - chartered garden, the National Tropical Botanical Gardens, or watch for humpback whales, green sea turtles and endangered Hawaiian monk seals in the inviting waters.

With a wealth of diverse wildlife including humpback whales, harbour seals, porpoises, black bears, bald eagles, and seabirds plus thousands of years of First Nations» culture and history, the Broughton Archipelago is a great location for an early - season six - day kayak tour.

It's about grey whales and marine life education, inspirational talks and interpretive walks, children's fun for the small and culinary events for the tall, First Nations cultural workshops and more - come and experience a coastal tradition!

Lime Kiln State Park, aka Whale - Watch Park, is the nation's only park set aside for the pursuit, indeed San Juan's west side is spotted with special places to pull over and watch the whales go by.

The range of environments across the nations also provides the perfect habitat for a variety of flora and animal species such as puffins, whales, lemmings and the Tundra wolf.

This is a good time to explore the countless islands by sea kayak, search out for some nearby whale activity on our whale watching boat, visit ancient first nations village sites and take some time to relax around camp.

On the environmentalist side, I would urge the whaling nations to act more like hunters, who have always been strong conservationists, and even if they kill animals, have professed a love for animals and spent the money on saving land and species to prove it.

If adopted, it would sanction the killing of thousands of whales in the next decade, but at a pace lower than that projected for the existing whaling nations.

«This year, we will press the United States and other nations to exert strong leadership in advancing an agenda that extends beyond whaling to the broader range of threats that imperil whales throughout our oceans, including ship strikes, chemical and noise pollution, entanglement, oil spills, radioactive contamination, emerging diseases and climate change,» says Kitty Block, HSI vice president, who will be attending the IWC meeting for the 14th time.

In its opening statement, HSI leadership cited the recent GEO - 5 report from the United Nations Environment Program, which celebrated the IWC's transition from a body devoted to whaling to a global force for protecting whales and encouraging non-consumptive practices such as whale watching.

Last year, the Japanese delegation led a walk out on the final day, after the Latin American bloc of nations advanced their proposal for a South Atlantic Whale Sanctuary.

Together, these whale and dolphin species are part of the magic that draws people of all nations to the Puente del Mundo, «the bridge of the world,» and they make Panama a welcome and inspiring venue for the IWC's deliberations.

The ICRW [International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling] was born in the same spirit of comity and acknowledgment of the rule of law that motivated the founding of the United Nations and the ICJ.

While some nations look for a return to commercial whaling, pro-whale forces have redoubled their efforts to establish whale sanctuaries in as many oceans as possible.

«The ICJ effectively issued a cease and desist order in respect to Southern Ocean whaling, and provided guidance for future deliberations of special permit applications, both of which the IWC and its member nations should heed.

But such a compromise, which would have reauthorized commercial whaling for the first time in 30 years, was a no - go for too many nations.

Australia's Donna Petrachenko delivered a succinct rejection, underscoring that for many nations the Japanese proposal was plainly a request for an exemption to the moratorium on commercial whaling.

Lastly, as long as whaling nations hold reservations at CITES for the great whales, they can not be prevented from legally trading whale products internationally.

But these nations» energy and resources will be better spent making inroads into closing down an outmoded industry rather than propping it up while dangerously renewing hopes for the resumption of full - scale commercial whaling.

No nation should be allowed to trade off scientific whaling in exchange for coastal whaling, which is equally objectionable, ignores the international will on these issues, and defies the conservation principles of the IWC itself.

HSI's delegation to the 64th annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission, held in Panama City, Panama, was hopeful agreements on stronger protection for whales could be achieved despite ongoing efforts by whaling nations to upend the commercial whaling moraWhaling Commission, held in Panama City, Panama, was hopeful agreements on stronger protection for whales could be achieved despite ongoing efforts by whaling nations to upend the commercial whaling morawhaling nations to upend the commercial whaling morawhaling moratorium.

We will continue to press the Icelandic government to give up all whaling and join with the majority of nations around the world whose citizens want protections for whales wherever they swim.

Urging whale - friendly member nations to press for stronger protection for whales, and firmly opposing strategies to undermine the commercial whaling moratorium, such as continuing calls to establish a new category of commercial whaling known as «small type coastal whaling»;

Whales are already facing significant threats from climate change, marine pollution, ship strikes, etc., and it is irresponsible for industrialized nations such as Iceland to put even greater pressure on these animals by hunting them to supply a luxury food market.

«The continued slaughter of endangered fin whales and other cetaceans essential for sustainable marine ecosystems represents a shameful deficit in Icelandic government's regulations in the face of such blatant short - term profiteering to the detriment of the long - term future of fish stocks and the marine environment so essential to the nation,» said Paul Thompson, director of the CarbonFix Foundation.

Baker's team found whale meat for sale in Japan that came from far more fin whales than the nation reported killing.

Japanese coastal whaling proposal, clearly in breach of the commercial moratorium, was broadly opposed by pro-conservation nations, and it failed to achieve the required three quarters majority needed for a schedule amendment.