EIA wholeheartedly welcomes the announcement from the Government of Iceland that it intends to comprehensively revise its current Whaling Act – which could include a permanent ban on whaling. The International Whaling Commission’s global commercial whaling moratorium has been in place for four decades this year and it remains one of the most effective international […]
The UK’s action to prevent whales, dolphins, porpoises and other marine mammals dying as a result of being caught in fishing nets – bycatch – has spared it from US Government trade sanctions on fish products. However, despite the UK’s actions to date, ongoing bycatch in British and European waters remains a significant concern. The […]
EIA has urged the Prime Minister of Iceland to intervene and prevent the resumption of commercial whaling in the country after a three-year hiatus
The first minke whale in Japan’s controversial new commercial whale hunt has been landed at Kushiro port in northern Japan
Conservation groups and celebrities collectively call for an ‘international whaling intervention’ to be staged at the G20 summit in Osaka as summit host Japan prepares to launch a renewed commercial whaling programme
Japan’s plan to hunt whales within its own economic waters might lead to more whale meat exports from Iceland and Norway