Japan’s move to kill fin whales is a ‘desperate effort’ to prop up a destructive, outdated industry
Japan is to expand its rogue whaling to hunt threatened fin whales, a move condemned by EIA as “an appalling step backwards”.
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Illegal fish bladder trade could sound the death knell for the last 10 vaquita porpoises
A thriving online illegal trade in the swim bladders of endangered totoaba fish is helping to drive the vaquita porpoise to the brink of extinction
IWC68 opens with an agenda seeking to address a wide range of threats to whales and dolphins
For the next nine days, EIA campaigners are attending the 68th meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) with a four-strong delegation from our UK and US offices
EIA joins call for governments to adopt a 50-Year Vision to save whales and dolphins from extinction
The 88 member countries of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) have been urged to adopt a new 50-Year Vision to save whales, dolphins and porpoises from extinction in the face of increasing ocean threats
The first victim of Japan’s new commercial pirate whale hunt has been landed
The first minke whale in Japan’s controversial new commercial whale hunt has been landed at Kushiro port in northern Japan
Whaling without purpose: The unjustifiable commercial pursuit of peaceful ocean giants
During the 20th century, 2.9 million whales were killed by commercial whaling, likely the single largest removal of any animal in terms of total biomass in human history. As global pressure to end the slaughter mounted, the International Whaling Commission agreed a moratorium on commercial whaling from 1986