The Australian government has condemned Japan's "regrettable" decision to withdraw from the International Whaling Commission and resume commercial whaling. The Japanese government's withdrawal from the global body, announced on Wednesday, will see commercial hunts in the country's territorial and economic waters start in July 2019. Announcing the decision, Chief Cabinet …
at a time when the International Whaling Commission ( iwc ) is set to hold its 53rd meeting in London from July 24-27, 2001, Japan has allowed its fisherfolk to sell meat of whales caught mistakenly in fishing nets from July 2001. Till now the scope of legal sale of …
one of the world's renowned feeding grounds for whales, dolphins and seals in New Zealand is under threat following a rat poison spill. The spill took place off Kaikoura town on South Island after a truck crashed on the coastal highway and a trailer carrying 18 tonnes of rat poison …
japan's whaling fleets recently set out for the Pacific Ocean on its second hunt of this year. Their targets are bryde, sperm and minke whales. Japan has undertaken the hunting programme despite widespread international criticism. Similar hunts last year had angered the us government, which had threatened the Japanese government …
W hales and dolphins of St Lucia island are being killed in large numbers, according to the International Whaling Commission ( iwc ). At least 96 dolphins and 65 whales were killed on the island during 1999. "These numbers amount to one of the largest officially recorded inten-tional mammal kills …
Two Brazilian journalists and a fisherfolk have been sentenced to two years of imprisonment for chasing and ramming a right whale and her calf five years ago. The case was the first to be filed under the Cetacean Protection Law passed in 1987 that forbids killing and harassment of any …
A dead male goosebeak whale has been found on the shores of Vieques island. The Caribbean Stranding Network is studying whether there is any correlation between the death of the goosebeak whale and of other Caribbean whales and the bomb training programme of the us navy being conducted on the …
at least 1,000 whale sharks ( Rhineocodon typus ) are killed every year during April and November by fisherfolk in Gujarat. This was stated by Fahmeeda Hanfee, a senior researcher with the World Wildlife Fund for Nature-India. Every year India exports 300 tonnes of whale shark meat to countries like …
When it comes to making profit, a living whale shark is worth many times more than a dead one. One decent-sized whale shark fetches between Rs 20,000 and Rs 30,000. This includes Rs 5,000-7,000 from the sale of shark meat at the rate of Rs one per kg and the …
japanese whale hunting is undermining international efforts to protect endangered whale species, according to the us . Consequently, the Clinton administration is planning to impose economic sanctions on Japan. The us officials said that Japanese fishing fleets would not be allowed to operate within 320 kilometres of the us Exclusive …
the World Wide Fund for Nature ( wwf ), has urged the us government to immediately impose economic sanctions on Japan because of its expanded whaling programme. Norman Mineta, the us c ommerce secretary had earlier announced that the Clinton administration will impose sanctions against Japan if the country starts …
The Mexican government has been asked to create a whale sanctuary to protect whales from being hunted by the Japanese. International environmental pressure group, Greenpeace, along with a few other organisations have urged Mexico to abide by its policy of protecting whales and create a sanctuary on its own shores. …
four whaling vessels of the Japanese Fisheries Agency will conduct whaling operations in the northwestern Pacific Ocean for research purposes, despite criticism from anti-whaling nations that Japan is misusing the International Whaling Commission's research programme for commercial gains. A spokesperson for the us National Security Council was quoted as saying …
the 52nd annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission ( iwc ) was 'business as usual', riddled with controversy over resumption of whaling. At this year's convention, held from July 3-6 in Adelaide, Australia, the establishment of a South Pacific whale sanctuary became the bone of contention between pro and …
today , they are promoted by the West as a scenic wonder. But less than a century ago, they were regularly shot by fisherfolk as "nuisance animals" that emptied their nets. During World War II, soldiers used them for target practice and, even 40 years ago, they were categorised as …
a new study has revealed that whale and dolphin products are contaminated with high levels of mercury, dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls (pcbs). The study, which was conducted by a group of researchers from Harvard University in the us and the University of Greenwich in the uk, claims that prolonged consumption …
In a strange incident, a dozen pilot whales died on a Trinidad beach while another 14, that had been washed ashore, were returned safely to the Atlantic Ocean. According to a Reuters news report, the whales were first spotted by an aircraft flying over the Manzanilla beach. As to what …
ONE of the less desirable features of globalisation is that decisions made in far away cities can drastically and adversely affect small local communities across oceans and continents. These communities are often helpless in reversing the decisions made by people who have little understanding of, or sympathy for, the cultural …
japan has sought opening up of the country's Southern Ocean Whale sanctuary as part of its campaign to resume commercial whaling on open seas. The move is expected to appear in the provisional agenda of the International Whaling Commission's meeting that is to be held in May on the Caribbean …
large numbers of whale deaths off Mexico's coasts were most likely caused by humans polluting the seas, but the real answer may never be known due to government foot-dragging, environmentalists said. Mexico has recorded at least four massive die-offs of whales and other marine mammals since 1993, the latest occurring …
greenpeace , an international environmental group, has condemned Japan for its attempt to "expel' Greenpeace from International Whaling Commission ( iwc ) meetings. Greenpeace feels that this is due to its continued campaign against Japan's whaling operations. In a press statement John Frizell of Greenpeace said: "Greenpeace has played an …
