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Fisheries : Whaling-Con
- Cruelty in Whaling
-- The whaling industry concerns itself only with whales as populations and as exploitable resources. Many conservation organizations oppose whaling because they don't want to see any more whale stocks driven to extinction. In addition, many anti-cruelty organizations and individuals oppose all kinds of whaling (commercial, subsistence, and scientific) because of the cruel methods used to kill whales (either explosive harpoons or "cold" harpoons).
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- Genetic Study Shows Extent of Whale Slaughter
-- A genetic study of whales suggests many more have been slaughtered than believed in the whaling frenzy that began in the 18th century, and shows populations have not recovered enough to allow hunting to resume, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
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- History of Whaling
-- Traces human hunting of whales from 800 AD to the present day.
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- Iceland sets out plan to resume whaling
-- Iceland said yesterday it would submit plans to resume scientific whaling to the International Whaling Commission (IWC) later this month - a key step towards restarting its controversial whale hunting.
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- Icelandic Whalers Harpoon First Whale
-- Icelandic whalers harpooned their first minke whale in 14 years Monday, the marine scientist in charge of the controversial hunt said. The United States immediately threatened to consider slapping a trade embargo on the North Atlantic island.
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- International Whaling Commission
-- International Body Governing Whaling, Currently prohibits all commercial whaling. Good source of data on whale populations.
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- Laws Protecting Marine Mammals
-- Whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals and sea lions receive protection in the U.S. under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972. This article provides a summary of the legislation as well as a very useful point-counterpoint section showing arguments for and against whaling.
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- Loopholes in the International Whaling Commission Moratorium
-- First, compliance with the moratorium is voluntary: any member country can file a protest, and then need not abide by it. Second, there are exceptions for "aboriginal whaling"; the American Eskimos are still allowed to hunt whales, as are Russian aboriginals. Third, whaling "for scientific research" is still allowed.
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- Nature Body Suggests Iceland Wants Whales for Meat
-- Iceland's decision to resume whaling for what it calls scientific purposes after a 14-year break is driven by commercial concerns, the conservation body WWF-International suggested yesterday.
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- Norway's Minke Whale Hunt
-- Norway is continuing commercial whaling in defiance of the moratorium, taking about 600 Minke whales per year out of the North-East Atlantic population that has been estimated by the Scientific Committee of the IWC (May 1996) at 112,000. There are an estimated 750,000 Minkes in the Antarctic, so the species as a whole is in good shape; but the North Atlantic population is genetically distinct from the Antarctic one (by DNA tests).
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- The West Coast Anti-Whaling Society
-- The primary objective of the society is to oppose and work to prevent any return to whaling. The society is dedicated to protecting any species of cetacean (whales, dolphins, porpoises) coming under the threat of whaling. The website is continually updated.
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- U. S. Statutes Supporting IWC Decisions
-- According to the Fishermen's Protective Act, the U.S. Government must invoke sanctions against nation that undermine the IWC. These sanctions could be effective, since they would prevent Norway from fishing in U.S. territorial waters and from selling fish products in this country (worth $200 million per year). President Clinton has refused to implement the law against Norway, possibly because Norway could retaliate against U.S. oil companies.
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