Posts Tagged ‘Whaling’
No change in Norway as number of whales to be killed remains high
Norway’s Minister of Fisheries has announced today that the country has set itself a quota of 1278 minke whales that it will seek to kill in 2019, the same as for 2018. This is despite the fact that whalers only managed to kill 434 whales in 2018. The quota level is very high given the…
Read MoreJapan to resume commercial hunts the day after leaving IWC
According to reports from Japan, whalers there are looking to begin a commercial whale hunt (killing whales for profit) one day after Japan formally withdraws from the IWC (International Whaling Commission – the global body that regulates whale hunting), on July 1st. This will be the first time Japan has openly hunted whales commercially for…
Read MoreIcelandic whaling report raises concerns
A long-anticipated report into the economic impact of Icelandic whaling has been released and raises a number of concerns. Commissioned by the Icelandic government’s Ministry of Industries and Innovation, which includes the pro-whaling Fisheries Ministry, the report is authored by the University of Iceland’s Institute of Economic Studies, and concludes that whaling is of overall benefit to the…
Read MoreJapan officially announces intention to start commercial whaling again
Today the Japanese government confirmed its withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission (IWC – the international body that regulates whale hunting) in order to officially resume commercial whaling. Yoshihide Suga, Japan’s chief cabinet secretary, said in a statement the hunts would start in July 2019. In 1982, the IWC introduced a ban on all commercial…
Read MoreJapan to withdraw from International Whaling Commission and start hunting whales for commercial profit
The Japanese government has decided to withdraw from the International Whaling Commission (IWC – the international body that regulates whale hunting) so that it can begin hunting whales for commercial profit. In doing so, Japan has effectively turned its back on international co-operation around the regulation of whale hunting. In 1982, the IWC introduced a…
Read MoreA new opportunity to stop Japan’s whaling?
Last Wednesday, the European Parliament voted ‘yes’ to the EU-Japan free trade agreement (or Economic Partnership Agreement). It also agreed to a closely related strategic partnership agreement with Japan. This marked the end of our campaign to use these trade talks to get better protection for whales from the harpoons of Japanese whalers. Our aim…
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