International Whaling Commission

• Japan resumes commercial whaling for first time in 31 years

  The Fisheries Agency said the catch quota through the end of this year is set at 227 whales, fewer than the 333 Japan used to hunt in the Antarctic.

  World

  Jun 30, 2019
  
• Japan’s decision to resume whaling in 2019 prompts international criticism

  Japan switched to what it calls research whaling after the IWC imposed a moratorium on commercial whaling in the 1980s.

  Environment

  Dec 26, 2018
  
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• International whaling conference votes against Japan’s Antarctic hunt

  An international whaling conference has voted against Japan's plans to resume whaling in the Antarctic next year, but Japan has vowed to go ahead anyway.

  Environment

  Sep 18, 2014