Sentences with phrase «international 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...

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.

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

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

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The delegates approved an initiative calling on member countries to pass laws banning the live capture of whales and dolphins for commercial purposes — the first time that an international body has demanded that this practice cease.

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

There is currently a global moratorium on commercial whaling, and a ban on international trade in fin whale meat.

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 wWhaling 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 whalingwhaling.

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.

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

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 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 international trade in minke whales, Norway is able to legally hunt and trade minke whales.

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

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 puwhaling 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 puWhaling that allows countries to kill whales for scientific purposes.

«Fin whales continue to be slaughtered and shipped from Iceland to Japan, undermining the moratorium on commercial whaling and ban on international commercial trade in fin whale products,» said Amy Zets, Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) policy analyst.

Iceland's fin exports to date are worth an estimated US$ 50 million and clearly undermine both the IWC moratorium and the ban on international commercial trade in fin whale products imposed by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Speinternational commercial trade in fin whale products imposed by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered SpeInternational Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).

The Pelly Amendment authorizes the president to impose trade sanctions against another country for «diminishing the effectiveness» of conservation agreements: In Iceland's case, the International Whaling Commission, which bans commercial whaling, and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, which prohibits international commercial trade in whInternational Whaling Commission, which bans commercial whaling, and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, which prohibits international commercial trade in whale prWhaling Commission, which bans commercial whaling, and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, which prohibits international commercial trade in whale prwhaling, and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, which prohibits international commercial trade in whInternational Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, which prohibits international commercial trade in whinternational commercial trade in whale products.

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 internationalInternational 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 internationalinternational moratorium on commercial whaling because it does not qualify for the scientific research exemption under internationalinternational whaling law.