Whaling Commission's Future to be Tested in Chile

Santiago, Chile -- June 21, 2008: An International Whaling Commission meeting in Chile next week could decide the future of the deeply split panel as Japan, one of its most powerful members and the world's biggest whaler, seeks a compromise. Some 80 countries at the Santiago meeting will take up issues ranging from whale stocks and whale killing methods to the booming business of whale watching. The first IWC meeting in South America in 23 years, which runs Monday through Friday, also looks set to define the Latin America bloc of countries as the new champion of the world's biggest mammals. Reuters

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Australian minister warns Japan of whale action

TOKYO, Japan -- February 1, 2008: Australia's foreign minister warned Friday of tougher action to stop Japan whaling, despite calls for calm from both sides over the increasingly emotive dispute. Foreign Minister Stephen Smith held talks in Tokyo just as Japan was reported to have resumed killing whales in the Antarctic Ocean following a two-week halt under pressure from environmental protesters. (AFP)

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Five whales killed as Japan resumes slaughter

LONDON, United Kingdom -- January 31, 2008: Japan has resumed its slaughter of whales in the Southern Ocean - and now stands condemned by the world. Officers aboard the Australian Customs vessel Oceanic Viking witnessed the killing of whales - believed to be minke - about 3pm. Witnesses reported seeing up to five whales harpooned and then hauled on to the factory ship Nisshin Maru. Daily Telegraph.

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IWC59 report

Report from the 59th Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission

Press releases from the IWC meeting in Anchorage, Alaska

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Anti-whaling nations secure voting majority

ARTICLE: Anti-whaling nations secure voting majority, Andrew Darby, Sydney Morning Herald, May 19, 2007

The annual battle over the lifting of a moratorium on whaling has swung emphatically in favour of anti-whaling nations with the confirmation of Greece as the latest recruit to the International Whaling Commission.

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Japan braces for whaling fight

ARTICLE: Japan braces for whaling fight. Agence France Press/news.com.au, May 8th 2007.

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Whaling splits islands

ARTICLE: Whaling splits islands. By NILESH GOUNDAR, Sunday, May 06, 2007, The Fiji Times Online.

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