Whales for Sale?
THE COMMERCIAL WHALING MORATORIUM is to be reviewed this year, fueling fears that Japan, Iceland and Norway will win the right to take whales for commercial reasons. Japan in particular has always been adept at gaining support from small and vulnerable nations. However, those fears are balanced by the fact that there is a good core of conservationist commissioners on the International Whaling Commission, and a three-quarters majority is required to get the moratorium
overturned. The sad news to come out of last year's census of the great southern hemisphere whales is that the blue whale population, at between 200-1100 individuals, may be too low for recovery. Other figures which give no cause for optimism are : the fin whale (2000), the sperm whale (10,000) and the humpback (4000).
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Forest and Bird, Volume 21, Issue 1, 1 February 1990, Page 6
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131Whales for Sale? Forest and Bird, Volume 21, Issue 1, 1 February 1990, Page 6
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