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Whaling Ban: Norway, Japan violate with impunity
On July 23, 1982, members of the International Whaling Commission, that regulates whale hunting around the world, voted by a necessary three-quarters majority to implement a pause on commercial whaling.
2.9 million whales killed
Antarctica (1994)
bycatch
catastrophic decline of global whale populations
commercial hunt
commercial whaling moratorium
debris
entanglement
global moratorium
iceland
Indian Ocean (1979)
Japan International Whaling Commission
Media India Group
MIG
Migtv
Norway
ocean noise
overexploitation of whale stocks
pollution
scientific whaling
Scientists
ship strikes
sustainable whale watching
whale hunting
Whaling Ban
