Whales face more threats today than at any other time in history—from hunting, ship strikes, fishing gear entanglements and global warming. Yet Japan, Iceland and Norway continue to thwart a worldwide prohibition on commercial whaling, using self-granted permits to conduct lethal scientific research and by exempting themselves from the ban. More than 30,000 whales have been killed and their meat sold commercially since the International Whaling Commission prohibited commercial whaling in 1986.
The Pew Global Whale Conservation Project aims to
Reverse the momentum that pro-whaling nations gained in weakening the international moratorium on commercial whaling;
Develop the voices of civil society by creating a network of nongovernmental organizations supporting whale conservation in the Pacific. West Africa and the Caribbean.;
Ensure a voting majority of countries in the IWC that oppose commercial and scientific whaling;
End Japanese scientific whaling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary;
Achieve lasting reform of the IWC so that it will provide greater protection for whales.
The Norwegian Pelagic Fishing Course in Week 2 Norway
This winter's best week for NVG herring, and still a lot of mackerel from the west.
NVG herring:
We had the best week of the winter with as much as 31,700 tonnes in the record, where the bes...
The impact of catching half of Pacific saury Japan
The decline in the Pacific saury (Cololabis saira) fishery continues
Last year's national catch of saury or saury decreased by almost 30% from the previous year, reaching a record low for the secon...
Galicia: The «Brexit» begins to affect the port of Vigo Spain
The following is an excerpt from an article published by La Voz de Galicia:
Almost all the fish from the Gran Sol are reaching the city by road, but the obstacles to transporters push the shipowner...
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