Sentences with phrase «of whaling nations»

The IWC's work to improve whale killing methods depends on the willingness of the whaling nations to share whaling data (on the time to death (TTD) of hunted whales, instantaneous death rate (IDR), and the number of whales struck and lost) and to respond to recommendations from other governments, nongovernmental organizations, and welfare or ballistic experts.

The proposal is to be debated by a small working group of whaling nations in St. Pete Beach, Fla., from March 2 to 4.

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.

The number of whales killed by whalers has doubled since the 1990s, with so - called scientific whaling claiming roughly 1000 annually, and perhaps 600 more captured by scofflaw 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.

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.

The Whale Centre Maritime Museum displays found artifacts donated by Tofino locals over the past quarter century and exhibits tradition first nations from jewelry and artwork to whaling equipment and a complete 12 metre long (40 feet) skeleton of a gray wWhale Centre Maritime Museum displays found artifacts donated by Tofino locals over the past quarter century and exhibits tradition first nations from jewelry and artwork to whaling equipment and a complete 12 metre long (40 feet) skeleton of a gray whalewhale.

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.

Everything comes together here; an extensive maze of islands, rich First Nations culture, extraordinary wildlife encounters with orcas, humpback whales, bears, eagles and much, much more.

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.

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.

Vertigo Sea has as its narrative spine two remarkable books: Herman Melville's Moby - Dick (1851) and Heathcote Williams» epic poem Whale Nation (1988), a harrowing and inspiring work which charts the history, intelligence and majesty of the largest mammal on earth.

Shot on the Isle of Skye, the Faroe Islands and the Northern regions of Norway, with the BBC's Bristol based Natural History Unit, Vertigo Sea draws upon two remarkable books: Herman Melville's Moby Dick (1851) and Heathcote Williams» epic poem Whale Nation (1988), a harrowing and inspiring work which charts the history, intelligence and majesty of the largest mammal on earth.

But as the Japanese plan a large slaughter (murder) of humpback whales very soon this year, we need direct intervention of the navies of the US, Australia or any other nation that believes it is moral.

The whaling nations (Japan, Norway, Iceland) right now use the logic of cultural autonomy and tradition.

Nations still hunting whales are doing so outside of existing laws and treaties or by exploiting loopholes.

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.

# 19 I agree the US and industrialized nation pollution of the sea should be reduced and I also would like to our Navy exercise greater care not to harm whales and dolphins with their high powered sonar.

But many scientists and diplomats from other nations say there is no reliable calculation of whales» total food consumption.

Mr. Takebe, the agriculture minister, approvingly noted that «competition between whales and fisheries» is to be studied by the fisheries committee of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, though he did not mention that the panel's head is a colleague, Masayuki Komatsu, Japan's deputy delegate to the International Whaling Commission.

«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.

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.

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.

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.

Hogarth also initiated the formation of a working group to decide the future of the body through closed - door meetings involving a compromise to appease all member nations, which must include a resumption of some measure of commercial whaling to satisfy the pro-whaling countries.

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.

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.

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.

Even nations that were once strongly opposed to a resumption of commercial whaling seem prepared to concede.

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.

The IWC has imposed a moratorium on the hunting of 10 species of whales (blue, bowhead, fin, gray, humpback, minke, pygmy right, right, sei, and sperm), and that moratorium only applies to nations who are members of the IWC and have not formally objected to the ban.

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.»

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»;

Instead, whaling nations rampaged through the last remaining remnants of whale populations.

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.

Nor does this ban cover small cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises), as Japan and a handful of other nations refuse to accept the IWC's jurisdiction over small cetaceans.

The United Nations Convention on the Trade of Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna (CITES) lists the whale shark, basking shark, and great white shark as species that could become threatened if trade is not controlled.

«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.