Japan and Norway are expected to vote against the IWC's current international ban on commercial whaling and the creation of a new sanctuary in the South Pacific proposed by Australia and New Zealand.

The IWC’s commercial whaling ban was one of the greatest conservation achievements of our time, saving many whale species from the brink of extinction. “But that decision was made more than 20 years ...

As anti-whaling sentiment grew stronger, the International Whaling Commission decided to slap a temporary ban on commercial whaling in 1982. In response, Japan embarked on a “research whaling ...

The International Whaling Commission imposed a ban on commercial whaling in the 1980s due to dwindling stocks. Iceland left the IWC in 1992 but returned in 2002 with a reservation to the ban.

The Whaling Commission (IWC) has suggested whale conservation could benefit from ending the commercial hunting ban. Dr William Hogarth's remarks came at the end of this year's IWC meeting in ...

Whales were hunted to the edge of extinction in the 20th century. Today there is a ban on whaling much to the dissapointment of Japan and Norway. Today, whales are hunted using sophisticated ...

Norwegian whaling companies are increasingly relying on export markets ... Tourists are also purchasing whale meat sausage and nutritional supplements and skin creams containing whale oil. Because of ...

Japan started what it calls “research whaling” after the IWC slapped a temporary ban on commercial whaling in 1982. But the International Court of Justice ordered the suspension of research ...

The incredible recovery of the species since the ban on commercial whaling brings with it some challenges for our giant friends. Younger males may be forced to explore new breeding grounds and ...

The outbreak of World War One was the death-knell of whaling in north Mayo. All fishing stopped in August 1914, and the ...

An English sailor, having just served on George Weymouth's exploratory voyage to the territory that would become Maine, publishes an account of a Native American whale hunt. Fastening harpoon ...