Posts Tagged ‘IWC2012’
Greenland and the evolving concept of ‘Local Community’ in relation to its demands for increased large whale quotas
Since the IWC meeting, I have been asked by some observers why do I think that the Greenlandic and Danish delegations actively threw away their chances of getting a quota this year? These same officials knew that the European Uion (EU), after the revelations of tourists eating bowhead whale meat and an internal EU coordination…
Read MoreLast Few Hours of Whaling Commission Meeting – blow by blow
Final Report from the IWC Team at WDCS 64 Things get a little messy but much applause follows as we draw to a close. (Pictured here are the Commissioners of the UK and Monaco: Nigel Gooding and Frederick Briand.) After lunch, a few amendments are noted to the administrative document which will define how the…
Read MoreKorea takes another step back from the brink
The Korean Herald reports (9th July) that ‘ The chief Korean delegate to the IWC meeting told local media last Friday that Seoul would not push to resume whaling over objections from the international community.’ As reported here yesterday, it appears that Korean fisheries officials may have overstepped the mark, with the Herald reporting that…
Read MoreKorean domestic opposition rises against the Government's announcement
It appears that the Korean Government may have misjudged the feeling of the Korean people when it comes to whales. Yes, the legalising of net whaling ‘accidents’ has given cover for illegal whaling to feed the demands of the restaurants of Ulsan, but the rest of the country seems a little slower to celebrate the…
Read MoreWhaling Commission Meeting Ends for 2012
Changes that would have encouraged collaboration with the United Nations to further protect whales and dolphins in the high seas could not be agreed on by governments attending the final day of the International Whaling Commission meeting in Panama. Opposition from the whaling nations blocked consensus resulting in Monaco withdrawing its proposal and inviting countries…
Read MoreWhaling Body Reacts To Commercial Sales Of Whale Meat In Greenland By Rejecting Quota Request
IWC plenary, Day 4 Following revelations by the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS) and the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) of the wide-spread commercial sale of whale meat in Greenland to tourists, concerned International Whaling Commission (IWC) Members States reacted today by refusing to grant Greenland any increase in its hunt of large whales for…
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