Sentences with phrase «of whale stocks»

In 1986 a moratorium was declared on the hunting of great whales, instituted and overseen by the International Whaling Commission — a body originally convened to ensure the conservation of whale stocks for further exploitation.

A singular lack of reporting and enforcement has plagued the IWC from the start, and unfortunately, scientists who most actively make recommendations concerning the stability of whale stocks to the IWC are often far from unbiased — scientists often have political agendas, just like other people do.

The Convention was intended to provide for the proper conservation of whale stocks and the regulation of commercial and aboriginal whaling.

The International Whaling Commission (IWC) was established after WWII to provide for the proper conservation of whale stocks and thus make possible the orderly development of the whaling industry.

«an in - depth evaluation of the status of all whale stocks in the light of management objectives and procedures... that... would include the examination of current stock size, recent population trends, carrying capacity and productivity».

We encourage the government of Iceland to focus on the long - term conservation of whale stocks, rather than on the short - term interests of its whaling industry.

This work has implications beyond identifying the boundaries of whale stocks.

Not exact matches

This past quarter the whales made a number of moves ranging from macro bets to individual stock moves and commodity plays.

The world's oceans contain only about 14 percent of the stock that was there before the era of industrial whaling.

«Humans have probably had all kinds of effects on food availability to deep - sea scavengers through fisheries discards, changes in fish stocks and whaling,» says David Bailey of the University of Glasgow, UK.

Bigg's killer whales (formerly known as «transients») are currently managed as two stocks with overlapping ranges — the «Aleutian and western» stock (Gulf of Alaska, Aleutian Islands, and Bering Sea) and the much smaller «AT1» stock which appears to range primarily throughout Prince William Sound and the Kenai Fjords.

Russia and the Ukraine on Friday again scuttled plans to create the world's largest ocean sanctuary in Antarctica, pristine waters rich in energy and species such as whales, penguins and vast stocks of fish, an environmentalist group said.

SYDNEY (Reuters)- Russia and the Ukraine on Friday again scuttled plans to create the world's largest ocean sanctuary in Antarctica, pristine waters rich in energy and species such as whales, penguins and vast stocks of fish, an environmentalist group said.

Due in part to increased human consumption of krill as fish stocks run low, blue whale numbers are only 3 % of what they were in the 1800s.

In the 1970s and 1980s, for example, researchers argued that reducing certain whale populations would aid stocks of krill, a ubiquitous crustacean in the Southern Ocean that is a key food source for baleen whales and other marine species.

The findings also support recommendations for the recognition and inclusion of subpopulations (such as the substocks in Breeding Stock C in the Madagascar / Southwestern Africa region of the Indian Ocean) in management decisions for humpback whales in the Southern Hemisphere.

The whales already suffer from depleted stocks of Chinook salmon.

A bush poetry competition, a stock whip demonstration, the spectacle of the Melbourne Cup and humpback whales in Eden.

[29][30] Since the original Asian and Atlantic populations have become seemingly extinct, it is difficult to figure the unique features among whales in these stocks, however, there have been observations of some whales showing distinctive, blackish body colors in recent years.

Genetic comparisons of ENP and WNP gray whales have found significant differences in both nuclear and mitochondrial DNA supporting their management as distinct population stocks.

The eastern North Pacific stock of gray whales prefers shallow, coastal waters and feeds over oceanic continental shelves around the northern Bering and southern Chukchi seas between Alaska and Russia during the summer.

Range According to the National Marine Mammal Laboratory, the eastern North Pacific stocks of gray whales spend their summer around the northern Bering and southern Chukchi seas between Alaska and Russia.

Would be great though if this wasn't actually a Pacific gray whale and was indeed a remnant of the North Atlantic stock that we all thought was extinct.

I am fortunate to have spent more than 20 years making natural history stock photographs of the Ocean World, including whales, dolphins, sharks, seals, penguins, icebergs, waves, giant kelp forests and coastlines.

Stock photo of Killer Whale Breaching in Johnstone Strait near Robson Bight.

Strandings and sightings of the western Pacific stock of gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) in Chinese coastal waters.

Distribution and migration of the western Pacific stock of the gray whale.

Stock of Orca Whale Pictures from Northern Vancouver Island.

Stock Pictures of Killer Whales in Johnstone Strait in the waterways of beautiful British Columbia.

I have a large stock of Orca Whale Pictures similar to this one.

Japan contends that whales are depleting fish stocks and has been killing ever larger numbers of whales for what it says is research, but what critics say is a thinly veiled slaughter for meat sold to a small percentage of the Japanese public.

When the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling was negotiated more than 60 years ago, the main aim was to sustain whale stocks for their only economic value at the time — as a source of oil and meat.

Indeed, Iceland was among the pioneers in extending the fisheries limits in order to protect fish stocks, and Iceland was also one of the first countries in the world to take a conservationist approach to whaling.

In contrast to the image of whales vacuuming the world's commercial fish stocks, most whales live largely off krill, plankton, tiny crustaceans and deep sea squid.

«There is no scientific evidence that finds whales are causing the decline of fish stocks in our oceans,» said Rolland A. Schmitten, a National Marine Fisheries Service official, who was the United States representative to the meeting here.

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Japan declined to comment directly on the IUCN's review given that it is not a member of the network, but said debate within the International Whaling Commission (IWC) should take into account data on stocks.

When, at its 1982 meeting, the IWC agreed to a pause in commercial whaling (or to use popular terminology, a «moratorium») from 1986, the amendment to the regulations included a clause that «the Commission will undertake a «comprehensive assessment» of the effects of this decision on whale stocks and consider modification of this provision and the establishment of other catch limits».

Increasingly it was a voice against the continued destruction of the world's dwindling stocks of whales.

Because of the considerable scientific uncertainty over the numbers of whales of different species and in different geographical stocks, the International Whaling Commission decided in 1989 that it would be better not to give whale population figures except for those species / stocks which have been assessed in some detail.

Iceland's increased commercial whaling and recent trade in whale products diminish the effectiveness of the IWC's conservation program because: (1) Iceland's commercial harvest of whales undermines the moratorium on commercial whaling put in place by the IWC to protect plummeting whale stocks; (2) the fin whale harvest greatly exceeds catch levels that the IWC's scientific body advised would be sustainable if the moratorium were removed; and (3) Iceland's harvests are not likely to be brought under IWC management and control at sustainable levels through multilateral efforts at the IWC.

The IWC, charged with the global conservation and sustainable use of whales, introduced a moratorium on commercial whaling in 1986 as a temporary strategy to conserve depleted whale stocks while a more long - term plan was developed to manage whales.

In the 1970s and 1980s, for example, researchers argued that reducing certain whale populations would aid stocks of krill, a ubiquitous crustacean in the Southern Ocean that is a key food source for baleen whales and other marine species.

For decades following the establishment of the IWC, hundreds of thousands of whales were slaughtered, seriously depleting all whale stocks.

«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.