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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Doing the Humpty Dance Japan says it won't hunt humpback whales, at least for now		21 Dec 2007	News
Posted at 6:49 AM on 21 Dec 2007 Under pressure from, well, most of the world to stop targeting humpback whales, Japan has announced it will hold off on its hunt for the imperiled humpback -- at least for now. "Japan has decided not to catch humpback whales for one year or two, but there will be no change in our stance on research whaling," said spokesguy Nobutaka Machimura. The decision was in large par ...
Topics: international politics, International Whaling Commission, Japan, news, politics, whaling (all these topics)

And the Ban Played On Japan fails in pro-whaling push, but still makes gains		19 Jun 2006	Daily Grist
And the Ban Played On Japan fails in pro-whaling push, but still makes gains Four proposals widely viewed as steps toward a resumption of commercial whaling were defeated this weekend at the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission. Animal-rights activists, enviros, and other folks opposed to the needless killing of large, intelligent mammals expressed relief; pro-whaling Japan had come ...
Topics: International Whaling Commission, Japan, news, oceans (all these topics)

Has Japan's time come? Possible Whaling Majority at the IWC	Andrew Sharpless	14 Jun 2006	Gristmill
The International Whaling Commission will gather this Friday in St. Kitts for its annual meeting. For 20 years now, Japan and other pro-whaling nations have done everything in their power to convince the IWC to reverse the whaling moratorium it set back in the '80s. What remains a mystery is why Japan is so obsessed with the resumption of whaling. Recent polls suggest that fewer than half of Japanese people have ever tried whale meat, and just 1% eat it regul ...
Topics: International Whaling Commission, Japan, whaling (all these topics)

A Bid for a Whale, and It's About to Set Sail Japan may have enough votes to set stage for repeal of whaling ban		31 May 2006	Daily Grist
A Bid for a Whale, and It's About to Set Sail Japan may have enough votes to set stage for repeal of whaling ban The end of the 20-year-old global commercial-whaling ban is a looming possibility, as pro-whaling Japan may have garnered enough allies to win control of the 66-member International Whaling Commission. The IWC's pro-whaling contingent now numbers about 35 countries, including some ...
Topics: International Whaling Commission, Japan, news, oceans, whaling (all these topics)

Whale Like a Banshee		15 Oct 2002	Daily Grist
Whale Like a Banshee After a 10-year struggle to reclaim its whaling rights, Iceland has finally gotten the green light from the International Whaling Commission to resume commercial hunting. The commission outlawed commercial whaling in 1986, but Iceland and Norway refused to accept the ban. Norway negotiated to remain part of the commission and hang onto its hunting rights, but Iceland walked ou ...
Topics: Iceland, International Whaling Commission, Norway, oceans (all these topics)

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