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 Species (CITES).
Accordingly, I am not directing the Secretary of the Treasury to
impose trade measures on Icelandic
products for the
whaling activities that led to the certification by the Secretary of Commerce.
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 whale pr
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 pr
whaling, and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, which prohibits international commercial trade in
whale products.