Tag: whales

• Friday, November 23rd 2018 - 04:31 UTC

  Falklands' Pebble Island turns into death trap for 56 beached pilot whales

  

  Fifty six whales died after beaching at Pebble Island approximately five days before they were spotted on November 10 by a Falkland Islands Government Air Service (FIGAS) pilot.

• Friday, September 14th 2018 - 08:28 UTC

  Support for Brazilian proposal to safeguard whales in perpetuity: Japan and allies furious

  

  Tempers flared at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) on Thursday as it voted to back a Brazilian proposal which would safeguard whales in perpetuity, after a bitter debate. The biennial meeting of the 89-nation body passed the host country's “Florianopolis Declaration” which sees whaling as no longer being a necessary economic activity.

• Thursday, September 13th 2018 - 06:02 UTC

  South Atlantic sanctuary for whales will have to wait for another meeting of IWC

  

  An effort to create a safe haven for whales in the South Atlantic was defeated at the meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in Florianopolis, Brazil. The proposal, which was introduced by Brazil in 2001, received support from 39 countries but was opposed by 25, denying it the three-quarters' majority it needed to pass.

• Monday, September 10th 2018 - 08:30 UTC

  Pro and anti-whaling nations clash in Brazil; renewed attempt to create a South Atlantic Whale Sanctuary

  

  Pro and anti-whaling nations are set for a showdown when the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meets in Brazil from Monday as Japan leads an assault on a three-decade old moratorium on commercial whale hunting. Tokyo heads into the biennial meeting as chair of the 88-nation body determined to shake-up what it says is a dysfunctional organization mired in dispute and unable to make key decisions.

• Tuesday, July 3rd 2018 - 08:49 UTC

  Japan wants to change voting rules at IWC to hunt for more whale species

  

  Australia and other anti-whaling nations are seeking a showdown with Japan as Tokyo attempts to resume commercial whaling later this year. Japanese officials have reportedly confirmed the country's attempt to alter voting rules and allow hunting of whale species with “healthy” numbers at an International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting in Brazil in September.

• Friday, June 8th 2018 - 08:18 UTC

  Friend of the Sea remembers “ship strikes” between vessels and cetaceans remain unnoticed and unreported

  

  On occasion of the World Oceans Day, international NGO Friend of the Sea calls both the shipping industry and consumers to take actions to prevent ship strikes

• Monday, April 2nd 2018 - 09:08 UTC

  Japan admits catching 333 minke whales with no interference from protestors

  

  Japan’s whaling fleet returned on Saturday after catching more than 300 of the mammals in the Antarctic Ocean without interference from anti-whaling protests, officials said.

• Monday, January 22nd 2018 - 09:44 UTC

  Falkland Islands geography a trap for pilot whales (*)

  

  Sasha Arkhipkin, Senior Fisheries Scientist talks about mass strandings of pilot whales.

• Wednesday, August 30th 2017 - 08:07 UTC

  Anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd admits defeat: “we can't match Japan's military surveillance technology”

  

  The anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd has announced it will not intercept Japanese vessels in the Southern Ocean this season. The group's ships have confronted Japanese vessels off Antarctica each year since 2005.

• Monday, October 24th 2016 - 22:42 UTC

  Japan and South Atlantic sanctuary main contentions at the Whaling Commission meeting in Slovenia

  

  Representatives from more than 80 nations will square off in Slovenia this week over the fate of the world’s remaining whales as hunters, ship strikes and fishing gear threaten their survival. The stage is set for heated debate, as the 88 members of the International Whaling Commission are deeply divided along pro- and anti-hunting lines.