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Whaling
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Whaling
Statistics
Summary statistics of whale catches dating back to 1910, reprodced on the Whaling Library site.
Selection of brief articles on commercial and aboriginal marine mammal hunts, published by the High North Alliance in 1997.
List of links from the High North Alliance, including basic information on Norwegian and Icelandic whaling.
Relevant extracts from the Reports of the International Whaling Commission
The Whaling Library site contains the extracts from the IWC Chairman's Reports. The following links are to the relevant extracts from each year available:
Irish Proposal
Copy of the Irish compromise, proposed at the 1997 meeting, on the High
North Alliance website.
The
Technical Flaws of the Irish Proposal (1999)
WDCS briefing on the Irish Proposal.
REVISED MANAGEMENT PROCEDURE/SYSTEM
The
International Whaling Commission and the Revised Management Procedure
Article by G. P. Donovan, published in the High North
Alliance publication Additional Essays on Whales and Man, 1995.
Use of the
Revised Management Plan for Whale and Fisheries Management
Article by G. L. Swartzman, published in the High North
Alliance publication Additional Essays on Whales and Man, 1995.
Review
by US Scientists: IWC Quota Calculation Model Deemed Safe
Document on the High North Alliance
website.
New
Management Procedure
Overview of the earlier management procedure, which the RMP replaced.
Relevant extracts from the Reports of the International Whaling Commission
The Whaling Library site contains the extracts from the IWC Chairman's Reports on both the Southern Ocean and the Indian Ocean whale sanctuaries. The following links are to the relevant extracts from each year available:
Japan Small-type Whaling Association
Contains a small number of pages, including a useful Glossary and Issues page.
How
Different Are Small-Type and Large-Type Coastal Whaling?
The
Government of Japan (1993)
The Government of Japan (1994)
Action Plan for Japanese Community-Based Whaling
The
Government of Japan (1995)
Relevant extracts from the Reports of the International Whaling Commission
The Whaling Library site contains the extracts from the IWC Chairman's Reports on both the Southern Ocean and the Indian Ocean whale sanctuaries. The following links are to the relevant extracts from each year available:
South
Pacific Whale Sanctuary (2001)
The South Pacific
Sanctuary (2000)
Two background papers on the Greenpeace
whales site.
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Literature on-line |
Article by William Burke on the Australia/New Zealand South Pacific Sanctuary proposal, published as OceanLaw On-line Paper No. 4 (2001)
Opinion on the Legality of the Designation of the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary by the International Whaling Commission
Two contrasting opinions by leading authorities, the first by William Burke (published in Ocean Development and International Law, 1995) and the second by Patricia Birnie (presented at the 1995 IWC Meeting).
The Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary: Some Preliminary Reflections
(Douglas Johnston)Discussion Paper on Legal Issues Concerning the Southern Ocean Whaling Sanctuary and Trade Sanctions (Richard McLaughlin)
Two papers from the 'International Legal Workshop on Assessment of Actions of the IWC under the ICRW', organized by the Institute of Cetacean Research in 1996.
Whaling communities around the world
Overview of whaling operations (commercial hunting and others) in 11
countries, from the World
Council of Whalers.
See also Part 5: Aboriginal subsistence whaling and Part 5: Scientific whaling.
Norwegian
minke whaling
Overview from the Norwegian Ministry
of Foreign Affairs.
Facts about whales in Norwegian waters
Overview from the Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries.
Export
of Norwegian whale products
Overview from the Norwegian Ministry
of Foreign Affairs.
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Central North Atlantic minke whale stock Extracts from various NAMMCO Reports (1996-1998). |
Norwegian
whaling
Brief page from the Greenpeace whales
site.
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Norwegian whaling Report for the IWC 53 meeting. |
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Norway:
Commercial Whaling on the Rise Report from 1999. |
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Greenpeace Nordic's campaign against Norwegian commercial whaling |
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Greenpeace International: Norwegian whaling page |
WDCS:
Norwegian Whaling
Various information from the WDCS,
including:
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Introduction to Norwegian whaling |
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Norwegian Commercial Whaling |
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History of Norwegian whaling |
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Summary of Norwegian Minke Whaling 2000 |
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Norwegian
whaling subsidies WDCS paper on the subsidising of the Norwegian whaling industry. |
Norwegian
whaling
Information from the World
Council of Whalers.
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Literature on-line |
On the resumption
of the Norwegian minke whale hunt
Article by Trond Bjørndal, Jon Conrad and Anders Toft,
from Whaling
in the North Atlantic - Economic and Political Perspectives, Proceedings of a
Conference held in Reykjavik, 1997.
Norwegian
Commercial Whaling: Issues for Congress
Congressional Research Service Report from 1996, by Cark Ek.
Japanese Fisheries Agency: Whaling Pages
Japan and the
Management of Whales
Overview from the Japanese
Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Includes the
following sections:
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The Position of the Japanese Government on Research Whaling |
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Management of Cetacean Resources |
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Japan and Management of Whales |
WDCS
Japanese Whaling
Various information from the WDCS Commercial Whaling campaign, including:
Greenpeace
Whales: Japan
Basic information on the Greenpeace Whales campaign. Includes the following
reports:
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Japanese
Whaling Report for IWC53 on the Japanese Fisheries Agency's public relations campaign. |
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Vote
buying Another report for IWC53. |
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Japanese
whaling Green |
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Japan
pushes commercial whaling into the new millennium Greenpeace UK, December 1999peace International, February 2000 |
Towards
Extinction: the Exploitation of Small Cetaceans in Japan
Japan's Senseless Slaughter: An investigation into the Dall's porpoise hunt
Two reports from the Environmental
Investigation Agency: Cetaceans Campaign.
A Survey of the Commercial Trade
in Whale Meat Products in Japan
A report by TRAFFIC International,
prepared in June 2000 for the 53rd IWC Meeting.
Whaling
communities: Japan
Brief overview from the World
Council of Whalers.