Sentences with phrase «in whaling nations»
Just as Cheney's belligerent threats prevent moderates in the US and Iran from negotiating, Watson undermines moderates in whaling nations by attacking their citizens.
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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.
► Japan is «still mulling lethal research whaling,» Dennis Normile reported in a Monday ScienceInsider, «but the country believes it has the right to do so, Joji Morishita, the nation's representative to the International Whaling Commission (IWC), said [in Tokyo that same day].whaling,» Dennis Normile reported in a Monday ScienceInsider, «but the country believes it has the right to do so, Joji Morishita, the nation's representative to the International Whaling Commission (IWC), said [in Tokyo that same day].Whaling Commission (IWC), said [in Tokyo that same day].»
Commercial whaling during the 20th century killed some 22,000 animals annually, causing severe declines in almost all large whale species before most nations stopped whaling in 1986.
But they note that UK records going back two decades show these whales have previously stranded themselves in other estuaries on the nation's east coast.
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.
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.
Birds, whales and other migratory creatures are suffering from global warming that puts them in the wrong place at the wrong time, a U.N. official told 166 - nation climate talks on Monday.
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.
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Kayak with Killer Whales, watch Grizzly bears in their natural habitat, explore ancient First Nation's territory on Canada's West Coast Wildlife Safari.
You will also have a chance to explore First Nations pictograph areas, and the base of the Broughton Archipelago, while remaining firmly in whale waters.
Imagine fishing, kayaking, whale - watching, bear - watching, hiking, surfing, storm - watching, and First Nations culture all in one place.
The proposal is to be debated by a small working group of whaling nations in St. Pete Beach, Fla., from March 2 to 4.
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.
Even so, this is but a small percentage of the number of whales taken in prior decades, and the number of nations involved in commercial whaling and related international trade has decreased significantly.
Some 35,000 whales have been taken by whalers in the years since 1986, when the IWC adopted the commercial whaling moratorium, and there are IWC member nations that continue to promote commercial whaling and international trade in the face of the many significant threats to the well - being and survival of cetaceans.
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.
With the 65th meeting of the International Whaling Commission set to begin 15 September in Portoroz, Slovenia, pro-conservation countries are once again preparing to take on Japan and other pro-whaling nations.
«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.
* Iceland is a pro-whaling nation that resumed small - scale commercial whaling in 2006 following five years of research whaling.
HSI Vice President Kitty Block said: «This year we intend to press all of the nations whose citizens care about whales to exert strong leadership in halting the spread of new whaling proposals.
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.
* Norway is a pro-whaling nation that engages in commercial whaling.
Korea's proposal, foretold in its opening statement, ran smack into science itself, meeting quick condemnation by whale - friendly nations that cast it as a means of opening the door to commercial whaling, while citing the quality of non-lethal research being carried out by many nations worldwide.
Those nations that cling to whaling do so to the great consternation of the larger majority of nations, and against the objections of hundreds of millions of individuals, in every country, who feel with the deepest conviction that whaling, whatever its viability and justification in past centuries, can not be indulged in this one.
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, called upon conservation nations of the IWC to challenge Korea's plans to go whaling under Article VIII scientific exemption Whaling Commission, held in Panama City, Panama, called upon conservation nations of the IWC to challenge Korea's plans to go whaling under Article VIII scientific exemption whaling under Article VIII scientific exemption clause.
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.
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When Japan announced its scientific whaling program in 1987, Japanese Fisheries Minister Moriyoshi Sato told its citizens, «The government will do its utmost to find ways to maintain the nation's whaling in the form of research or other forms.»
Asking member nations to support a Resolution on Cetaceans and Ecosystem services that notes the increasing research showing that far from eating all the fish, as Japan and other countries have claimed, whales actually enhance ecosystem productivity and help regulate carbon dioxide in the atmosphere;
By persisting in whaling, Japan defies both an international ban and United States law, which commits this nation to enforcing the ban.
February 16, 2017 — Scientists and government officials met at the United Nations on Wednesday, February 15th to consider possible solutions to a global problem: how to protect whale species in their most important marine habitats that overlap...
The nations of the world, the courts of the UN, and the lion's share of global citizens want Japan, and other whaling nations, like Norway and Iceland, to join them in protecting whales and recognizing the beauty and majesty and sentience of these remarkable beings.
In contrast, Japan, Norway, Iceland and other whaling nations maintain that the sole purpose of the IWC is to promote the orderly development of the whaling industry.
«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.
Birds, whales and other migratory creatures are suffering from global warming that puts them in the wrong place at the wrong time, a U.N. official told 166 - nation climate talks on Monday.
Japan Buys Off Developing Nations» Whaling Support: Whistleblower Sea Shepherd Harassment Cuts Japanese Whale Catch in Half
No harmful or aggressive actions have been proven against Sea Shepherd and no charges have been filed against Sea Shepherd by Japan or any other nation over the issue of whaling in the Southern Ocean.
At last year's 63rd annual International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting, Latin American nations proposed a whale sanctuary in the southern Atlantic Ocean, which would effectively prohibit whaling in thWhaling Commission (IWC) meeting, Latin American nations proposed a whale sanctuary in the southern Atlantic Ocean, which would effectively prohibit whaling in thwhaling in the area.
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.