We also work with the IWC on the other key issues adversely affecting whales, including fatal fishing gear entanglements and impacts from marine debris and other pollution.
Japan, Iceland and Norway are still killing whales commercially. Estimated number of whales, dolphins and porpoises who die yearly from fishing gear entanglement. Some annually migrate from the tropics to the poles, some sing elaborate songs, and many live in close, complex societies.
But make no mistake, this is about killing whales for commercial purposes. Japan announced that it will start a new commercial whaling program and that it will leave the International Whaling Commission--shunning international law, including the global ban on commercial whaling, and putting hundreds of whales at risk of suffering long and painful deaths from exploding harpoons.
In recent years, whale strandings associated with nearby naval sonar use have increased public concern about the impacts of human-caused In the last century more than 2 million whales were killed, pushing some species to the brink of extinction.
The method used to hunt and kill whales is fundamentally and unacceptably cruel. Click here to access videos, read reports and find out more. In our founding year we lobbied the New Zealand Government to ban the import of all whale products. This resulted in the introduction of the Customs Import Whale Products Prohibition Regulations — a ban on the import of raw whale products such as meat, blubber, spermaceti wax, or any whale product in a raw state.
In we initiated a public letter writing campaign to convince our government to return to the International Whaling Commission IWC , an international convention formed to regulate whaling. The overwhelming success of this campaign saw the New Zealand Government returning to the IWC in that same year — where today they remain one of the most vocal and effective advocates for whale welfare and conservation in the world. It appears that not much has changed. In places like Norway, Iceland and Alaska, you'll find whale served with minimal seasoning, if any [source: Palmer ].
Sign up for our Newsletter! Mobile Newsletter banner close. Mobile Newsletter chat close. Mobile Newsletter chat dots. Mobile Newsletter chat avatar. Mobile Newsletter chat subscribe. Prev NEXT. Environmental Science. Our campaigns Whaling is devastatingly cruel and completely unnecessary.
Stop tourists eating whales In Iceland, Norway and Greenland, tourists eat much of the whale meat, believing they are experiencing local culture.
Find out more. Campaigning on an international stage We work through the International Whaling Commission, the body that regulates whaling, to keep the ban and expose illegal hunts.
Hide Dive deeper. Dive deeper Find out more about the countries involved in whaling, how many whales are being killed and how whaling is regulated by the International Whaling Commission. Whaling in Iceland Iceland hunts endangered fin whales and minke whales. Whaling in Norway Norway allows hundreds of minke whales to be hunted. Whaling in Greenland Find out how tourists unwittingly support whaling in Greenland.
Whaling in Greenland. What is Aboriginal Subsistence whaling? Hide dive deeper. Latest whaling news. Days after the Norwegian whaling industry announced that minke whales were slaughtered this season Barely a couple of weeks since the massacre of almost 1, Atlantic white-sided dolphins in Over whales killed during hunts in Norway 27th September The highest number of whales killed in Norway since has been announced just as Even locals outraged as dolphins die in Faroese hunt 15th September Much of the criticism has come from within the country where usually there is a Load More.
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