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We are totally dependent on our oceans. But, we're damaging them on a scale unimaginable to most people. Destructive fishing, polluting industries and climate change are threatening the survival of whole marine ecosystems, as species are driven towards extinction as their habitats are destroyed.

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Norwegian whaling - an export driven industry

Norway resumed commercial whaling in 1993 despite the fact that the International Whaling Commission (IWC) moratorium on all commercial whaling had been in...
Posted by admin - 23 July, 2001 - 08:00

Vote Buying: Japan's strategy to secure a return to large-scale whaling

Japan's agenda within the International Whaling Commission (IWC) is self-evident - it wants a return to large-scale commercial whaling and is prepared to go to...
Posted by admin - 23 July, 2001 - 08:00

Japanese whaling

The truth behind the Fisheries Agency of Japan's public relations campaign The Fisheries Agency of Japan (FAJ) has stepped up its attempts to resume commercial...
Posted by admin - 23 July, 2001 - 08:00

Melting ice threatens blue whales' food supply

Whale tail Melting polar ice is threatening the main food source for Antarctic blue whales and could lead to their extinction, an international environmental...
Posted by bex - 20 July, 2001 - 08:00

How the South Pacific Whale Sanctuary was defeated

When the International Whaling Commission (IWC) met in Australia, in July 2000, many participants expected it to create a large whale sanctuary in the South...
Posted by admin - 9 April, 2001 - 08:00

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