Sentences with phrase «whaling nations»

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.

Just as Cheney's belligerent threats prevent moderates in the US and Iran from negotiating, Watson undermines moderates in whaling nations by attacking their citizens.

Humane Society International's delegation to the 64th annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission, which begins on Monday in Panama City, Panama, is hopeful agreements on stronger protection for whales can be achieved despite ongoing efforts by whaling nations to upend the commercial whaling moratorium.

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

All allocations would be stopped in a year if such nation persists in its violation, providing incentive for whaling nations to adhere to the International Whaling Commission rulings.

At a time when whales need more protection than ever before, they have stepped up to the plate, showing the world that they will not give in to pressure from whaling nations.

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.

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.

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.

HSI / HSUS has called on the U.S. to invoke the Pelly Amendment to enact sanctions against whaling nations.

ASW whaling nations have also become more reticent to share data.

Lastly, as long as whaling nations hold reservations at CITES for the great whales, they can not be prevented from legally trading whale products internationally.

Whaling nations banded together in an attempt to regulate whaling and protect their interests.

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

It gave whaling nations until 1986 to phase out of their whaling activities.

Because the EU supports subsistence aboriginal whaling, Denmark could represent its protectorates» interests while simultaneously protecting whales from commercial slaughter; yet it chooses to thwart the EU efforts and instead sides with the pro-commercial whaling nations of Japan, Iceland and Norway.

After the ICJ action on Japan, Iceland and Norway — the two remaining commercial whaling nations — would do well to put their harpoon guns in storage.

Japan proposed a Revised Management Scheme (RMS) that combined a lifting of the moratorium with no effective controls for preventing whaling nations from once again hunting whales to the brink of extinction.

Shot on the island of Skye, the Faroe Islands and the Northern regions of Norway, 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.

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.

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 moratorium.

That meant they could out - vote the whaling nations and shut down the industry.

That's because the whaling nations currently set their own quotas.

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.

John Akomfrah's (b. 1957) multi-screen installation Vertigo Sea draws inspiration from two striking and harrowing literary works: Herman Melville's Moby Dick and Heathcote Williams» poem Whale Nation.

John Akomfrah's (b. 1957) multi-screen installation Vertigo Sea draws inspiration from two striking and harrowing literary works: Herman Melville's Moby Dick (1851) and Heathcote Williams» epic poem Whale Nation (1988).

This captivating, three - channel video installation encompasses fictional narrative, natural history documentary, and film essay, referencing Ralph Waldo Emerson, Herman Melville's Moby Dick (1851) and Heathcote Williams's poem Whale Nation (1988), among others.

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.

The whaling nations currently cheat the system.

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

IF I were a whaling nation, I would say, «We TOTALLY support whale conservation, but we believe we should be allowed to hunt those species which have recovered to reasonable levels.

On the environmentalist side, I would urge the whaling nations to act more like hunters, who have always been strong conservationists, and even if they kill animals, have professed a love for animals and spent the money on saving land and species to prove it.

Now I am not saying I support that position, but if I were a whaling nation, I would try that approach.

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.

There are those who suggest that fewer whales may be killed if a compromise is struck with the whaling nations.

In the face of massive public concern that whaling creates throughout the world, even in the whaling nations, and in the face of the tremendous and uncertain threats that confront the world's whale populations, we must come to terms with the fact that the best insurance for whales, and the very best way to ensure their future, is to phase out all forms of commercial whaling.

Japan and Norway moved to allow the Russian Federation, another whaling nation, to vote at the IWC despite its failure to pay IWC dues.