Guest Author • Jul 02, 2019 •
Sui Phang, University of Portsmouth and Peter Bridgewater, University of Canberra Japan recently left the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and has now caught the first whale in its waters since resuming commercial whaling, 33 years after a global ban came into effect. As a non-member, Japan is no longer bound by the International Convention … Read More
Guest Author • Nov 02, 2016 •
By Indi Hodgson-Johnston, University of Tasmania Australia and New Zealand were claiming a conservation success this week, when their resolution against lethal “scientific” whaling was adopted at the International Whaling Commission’s biennial meeting in Slovenia. But in reality the non-binding decision will do little to stop Japan’s whaling program. This resolution aims to tighten the loophole … Read More
Peter Griffin • Jun 22, 2010 •
An interesting infographic from Reuters that ran in today’s Dominion Post and outlining the number of whales killed around the world each year for “scientific” purposes as well as the species culled. Read More