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SoundNet - If Adopted, RMS Would Lead Whaling Back to the Dark, Pre-Moratorium Days
Humane Society International website on Wednesday 1st May on 2005 Report: If Adopted, RMS Would Lead Whaling Back to the Dark, Pre-Moratorium Days Humane Society International Under ... 1982, when commercial whaling's effect on whale populations became too obvious to ignore, the IWC adopted a moratorium of unlimited duration on commercial whaling; the ban went fully into effect in ...
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Whale sanctuaries
Instructions Instructions from the Commission for Scientific Committee sanctuary reviews (pdf) SANCTUARIES The first IWC sanctuary was established in the Antarctic in 1938, south of 40°S between longitudes ... and its duration has since been extended twice. At the 46th (1994) Annual Meeting the IWC adopted the Southern Ocean Sanctuary as another area in which commercial whaling is prohibited. The ...
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Hot issues
New Management Procedure, whaling carried out in accordance with the IWC management regime was generally sustainable. 1982: The Commission nevertheless decided to implement a blanket ... been in effect since 1986. 1994: The IWC decides to establish a Southern Ocean Sanctuary, an area where whaling is prohibited. 1997: The IWC adopted a decision that allows the Makah Indian ...
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IWMC.org - A Whale of a Tale
Remarkably, the IWC still considers them threatened with extinction and bans any commercial harvest (Norway harvests some ... developed by the IWC set the sustainable harvest level in this region at 2,000 minkes annually. In 1996 Japan harvested 440. Yet, at its 1996 meeting, the IWC adopted a resolution ...
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WWF - Successes and Failures of the IWC
Continous decline in whale populations Instead of implementing a moratorium, in 1974 the IWC adopted a New Management Procedure (NMP), designed to set quotas on the grounds of scientific assessments ... a set of precautionary rules for setting catch limits, was agreed by IWC Resolution, although not formally adopted into the IWC `Schedule', or rules of operation. The RMP is designed as one ...
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The Northern Right Whale Page 2
League of Nations. In 1949, the International Whaling Commission (IWC) banned all harvesting of right whales. Additionally, they are ...
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SoundNet - Humane Society International Sums Up Divisive IWC Meeting in Korea
Japanese position never materialized. New pro-conservation IWC member countries Belgium, Luxembourg, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, and Hungary voted ... IWC played out the negotiations for a compromise on the Revised Management Scheme. The Danes and Koreans proposed a resolution setting out the process for a seriously compromised RMS to be adopted ...
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Reports from IWC Annual Meetings
Future Meetings Reports Reports from the annual meetings of the International Whaling Commission REPORTS Year IWC Venue Link 2001 53 UK (London) • Chair's Report 2002 54 Japan (Shimonoseki) • Chair's ... of the Commission meeting: the Chair’s report, summarising the week-long discussions; the Resolutions adopted over the course of the meeting; and the various reports of the Commission’s working ...
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Basis for Norwegian Whaling Wrong: IWC Scientists
IWC Scientists Source: Greenpeace, News Release, International Whaling Commission (IWC) Conference, Aberdeen, June 24, 1996 Basis for Norwegian Whaling Wrong: IWC Scientists Greenpeace, News Release - A new estimate adopted unanimously by IWC ...
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WWF - IWC Current Situation
About WWF > What We Do > Species > Our Solutions > CITES, IWC, CMS > Whaling (IWC) > Current Situation Whaling (IWC) History Success & Failures Current Situation IWC Whaling Facts & Figures Whales killed Commission Meetings Why ... Wide-ranging threats In the more than 50 years since the Convention text was adopted, it has become impossible to separate the threats presented by commercial whaling from ...
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