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EIA and Humane Society International researchers were shocked to discover ads promoting the sale of elephant ivory and whale products on internet giant Google and Amazon.com websites.
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The Northern Sea Route along that coast has always been a busy passageway for coastal shipping — and is slowly becoming more of a global route for products moving between Europe and Asia (including Icelandic whale meat; more on that later today).
Our new report Blood e-Commerce: Rakuten's profits from the slaughter of elephants and whales — released by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) in conjunction with Humane Society International (HSI) on March 18th — revealed that the company's Japanese website carries more than 28,000 ads for elephant ivory products.
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.
On January 31, 2014, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell certified under section 8 of the Fisherman's Protective Act of 1967 (the «Pelly Amendment»)(22 U.S.C. 1978), that nationals of Iceland are conducting trade in whale meat and products that diminishes the effectiveness of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITESOn January 31, 2014, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell certified under section 8 of the Fisherman's Protective Act of 1967 (the «Pelly Amendment»)(22 U.S.C. 1978), that nationals of Iceland are conducting trade in whale meat and products that diminishes the effectiveness of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITESon International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
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WASHINGTON - Hundreds of whale products for sale on the Japanese website of Internet search engine company Yahoo! show how the California - based company profits from the venture, according to a new report released today that can be found by clicking here.
The report also confirms that many of the products are from internationally protected great whale species including fin, sei, minke, sperm and Bryde's whale — all of whom are protected under the moratorium on commercial whaling established by the International Whaling Commission in 1986 and have the highest level of protection under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Swhaling established by the International Whaling Commission in 1986 and have the highest level of protection under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered SWhaling Commission in 1986 and have the highest level of protection under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.
The report shows how in March, Yahoo! Japan was found offering 249 whale products, including sashimi, bacon and canned whale meat, for sale on its fee - based sales and auction sites.
«We welcome Amazon's action to remove whale products from its Japanese website but urge Amazon to confirm it will enact a company - wide ban on the sale of all products derived from whales, dolphins or porpoises,» said Allan Thornton, president of EIA.
«In just 24 hours, more than 35,000 HSI supporters have appealed to Amazon for a total ban on the sale of whale, dolphin and porpoise products,» said Kitty Block, vice president of Humane Society International «The public wants these animals protected rather than killed and sold for profit.»
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.
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 move came after the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), in conjunction with Humane Society International (HSI), launched the report Blood e-Commerce on March 18 exposing Rakuten as the world's biggest online marketplace for elephant ivory and whale meat products, and the day after UN International Court of Justice ruled against Japan's fraudulent «scientific» whaling in the Antarctic.
Upon this discovery, EIA immediately appealed to the CEOs of both Google and Amazon.com to remove ads promoting the sale of whale and ivory products on their Japanese shopping sites.
Recognize that all whales require ongoing protection in the form of continued bans on commercial whaling and international trade in whale products.
It is also crucial to remember that Iceland's fin whaling operation targets an endangered species and defies the international moratorium on commercial whaling, in addition to flouting a CITES Appendix I listing by trading in whale products.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Wildlife advocates expressed bitter disappointment today at the refusal of international conglomerate, SoftBank Corp., to ban advertisements for elephant ivory and whale and dolphin products on Yahoo! Japan — the dominant company in SoftBank's internet division with revenues of nearly USD 4 billion in 2012.
TOKYO (March 1, 2011)-- Environmentalists on Monday called on Yahoo! Japan to ban all sales of whale, dolphin and porpoise products on their fee - based store and auction sites after discovering that whale products sold via the Yahoo! Japan sites were contaminated with toxic mercury pollution.
«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.
The Winter Bay, chartered by notorious Icelandic whaler Kristján Loftsson, departed Iceland on June 4 carrying an estimated 1,800 metric tons of endangered fin whale products; the vessel docked in Osaka, Japan on August 30.
In light of the recent passage of the vessel Winter Bay through Russia's Northern Sea Route (NSR), the organizations are calling on GLACIER delegates and President Obama — who will attend the conference — to ensure that an increasingly ice - free Arctic will not become a thoroughfare for trade in commercial whale products.
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).
CITES responded to the IWC's moratorium on commercial whaling by transferring all whales species to its Appendix I, thereby prohibiting international commercial trade in whale products.
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 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 whale products.
Now on what essentially is a whale - hunting «break,» Iceland says that it will not issue whale - hunting quotas until market demand increases or it manages to get its tenterhooks on a license to export whale products to Japan, one of the largest markets for whale meat (aka The Jackpot).
While shopping online or buying locally is a toss up depending on what you're buying, once you've made your decision of how you're going to shop, apps like Good Guide and 3rd Whale inform you of the most sustainable products to buy and the best businesses to buy from.
Good Guide utilizes the phone's camera to scan bar codes and deliver instant information on the product you're looking at, while 3rd Whale uses the phone's GPS to map sustainable businesses nearby.
Yet Guofinnsson says the slack demand for whale meat and products means it makes no sense to issue new quotas when the present quota period expires on 31 August.
We also have news on a hawk with a nail shot through its head, humpback whales making a comeback, Toronto's ban on shark fin products, Chicago's spider invasion, and more in the Week in Animal News.
3rd Whale has an app out that helps you pick which businesses to patronize and Good Guide helps you hone in on greenest 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 international whaling law.
Here's a sneak peek at some of our favourites, plus some additional whale themed products you can get your fins on...