International Whaling Commission

[Louie]

The IWC will hold its annual meeting next week in Morocco. It may be critical because at stake is the 24 year old moratorium on commercial whaling. If member nations vote it down, the whaling nations would be able to kill whales legally and legitimately.

Information on whaling and its impact on whales and the oceans:

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Whale conservation - Protecting the giants of the sea -- WWF-Australia

Greenpeace has a detailed and informative page on whaling Whaling | Greenpeace International

For those who want to follow developments of the IWC meeting:

Humane Society International has lots of info on the IWC and Twitter users can follow their tweets next week: Follow Us on Twitter During IWC : Humane Society International

The Guardian will more than likely have detailed coverage of the proceedings Environment news, comment and analysis from the Guardian | Environment | guardian.co.uk

 

[MauiScubaSteve]

IIRC, there are already 3 member Nations that seem to be killing whales legally and legitimately. Since the IWC has no power to stop whaling maybe the first step to actually outlawing the killing of whales is the end if the IWC.