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last update: Jun 25, 2009 09:04 AM
From Press Releases and news article: Call for more consultations over the disputed hunting and Denmark officially requested permission to resume hunting humpback whales off Greenland. Meanwhile, Norwegian whalers have suspended their hunt mid-season.
Members of the International Whaling Commission agreed to extend negotiations over the disputed hunting of the marine mammals for a year, avoiding a disastrous split in the group.
IWC Spokeswoman Jemma Miller, said that it was agreed by consensus to reconstitute a working group set up last year which would "intensify its efforts to conclude a package or packages" by the 2010 IWC conference "at the latest", a call that was supported by IWC chairman William Hogarth.
Hogarth said "There is a will, now we have to find the way. If in 2010 we haven't had any progress, set a course and made some changes, there will be no more delays."
In a move that has angered environmentalists, Denmark officially requested permission from the IWC to resume hunting humpback whales off Greenland, with a quota of 10 per year for the 2010-2012 period. The hunting would be carried out under so-called "aboriginal" or subsistence hunting to support local communities.
Meanwhile, because demand for whale meat was saturated, Norway's whalers had suspended their hunt mid-season this year with less than half a government quota of 885 whales killed.
Article:
The Strait Times, 24th June 2009
Press Release:
AFP/Google, 24th June 2009
AFP/Google, 24th June 2009
