Sentences with phrase «scientific catch quotas»
Under the whaling convention, governments are free to set their own scientific catch quotas — even in a sanctuary — so Japan can be expected to kill up to 440 minke whales next season.
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These meetings have in the past largely ignored scientific advice, setting catch quotas at levels that many scientists believe will ultimately cause tuna populations to crash.
ICCAT members routinely ignore the advice of their own scientific committee and set catch quotas at double recommended levels.
Despite this suspension, Iceland continues to permit whaling and has a government issued fin whale quota in effect for the 2011 season that continues to exceed catch levels that the IWC's scientific body advised would be sustainable if the moratorium was removed.