Sentences with phrase «whaling program diminished»

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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.

On July 19, 2011, in response to a Pelly petition filed by HSI, The HSUS and other coalition members, then - Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke certified under the Pelly Amendment that nationals of Iceland are conducting whaling activities that diminish the effectiveness of the IWC conservation program.