Sentences with phrase «whale stocks»

This work has implications beyond identifying the boundaries of whale stocks.
In fact, the evidence is so strong that Parsons and her colleagues believe it's time to revise the killer whale stocks in the region.
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.
This indicates that some whales could safely be taken from the two minke whale stocks that matter most, those in the northeastern Atlantic, target of the Norwegian whalers, and those in the Antarctic Ocean, prey for Japan.
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.
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.
Ask the Japanese Prime Minister to suspend its use of factory ships to process protected whale stocks, a direct violation of IWC regulation 19 (a).
This is reflected in Iceland's whaling activities, which are sustainable and only directed at abundant whale 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».
In addition to conferring certain protections under the MMPA, a depleted designation for the Sakhalin - Amur beluga whale stock would encourage the United States and foreign governments, conservation organizations, the scientific community, and funding institutions to support research and conservation efforts to help recover these belugas and protect their habitat.
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.
The story posits that Japan's whaling institute may be propped up almost as much to secure jobs for former ministry officials as for sustaining whale stocks:
But now, after much rigorous work, the IWC's researchers have come up with an effective procedure to manage the commercial exploitation of whale stocks.
By collecting 462 skin samples from both resident and transient wild killer whales and characterizing individual genetic variability using two different genetic markers (mitochondrial DNA and nuclear microsatellites), NOAA scientist Kim Parsons and her research partners discovered further subdivision within the whale stocks.
The abundance of both the common minke whale stock and the fin whale stock caught by Iceland has been confirmed by the Scientific Committees of the International Whaling Commission and the North - Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission.
* Japan is a pro-whaling nation currently engaged in a long - term scientific research program to assess the commercial viability of whale stocks.
«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».
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.
The Convention was intended to provide for the proper conservation of whale stocks and the regulation of commercial and aboriginal whaling.
For decades following the establishment of the IWC, hundreds of thousands of whales were slaughtered, seriously depleting all whale stocks.
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.
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