Posts Tagged ‘IWC66’
Day Two of IWC 2016
This is meant as a brief update on progress and hurdles this morning at IWC66 in Slovenia. We shall update when we get another gap between sessions. IWC66/09 South Atlantic Whale Sanctuary The day started badly for the whales when the Schedule Amendment that would have established the South Atlantic Sanctuary (#SAWS) was defeated with…
Read MoreA Kingdom divided
It seems that whilst Denmark has been doing its utmost within the EU to pander to its overseas territories in Greenland and the Faroe Islands, the Danish citizens of these two distant lands are not so grateful. The Arctic Journal (20th October 2016) reports that Greenland and the Faroes are demanding that Denmark, their representative…
Read MoreIllegal sale of Japanese whale meat exposed by WDC on eve of international whaling meeting
UPDATE! (Weds 19.10.2016) WDC today discovered that whale meat was recently available on eBay US, where a can of Kinoya Canned Rare Sunoko Whale Meat was on offer for $45 including shipping. The listing was ended by the seller on 06 October 2016 as “the item is no longer available”. It is currently unclear what…
Read MoreWhen is a whaling ban not a whaling ban?
The International Whaling Commission (IWC) biennial meeting is never a simple place to negotiate your way through. I had the privilege of attending several meetings during my WDC career, and the team we are sending this year will be some of our best brains. And this year we need the team to be on top…
Read MoreCan we trust Japan’s whalers when it comes to the accuracy of whaling data?
Dr. Philip J. Clapham seems to be on a publishing roll at the moment. A welcome series of papers on whale conservation and the tragedy of whaling have been flowing from his laptop during the last year. The most recent work we would note is an article by Yulia V. Ivashchenko and Dr. Clapham, who…
Read More