#whalewars #iwc A controversial new proposal would allow nations (i.e. Japan, Norway and Iceland) to kill endangered whales. Quotas will be based on politics, not science.
In 1986, commercial whaling was officially banned by the International Whaling Commission (IWC), an entity established to protect dramatically declining whale stocks. Despite this ban, certain nations, most notably Japan, Norway and Iceland, have continued killing whales due to several loopholes in which the international law, as written, does not apply, such as with whales caught through “by-catch”, which is the accidental capturing of a whales in fishing nets or gear.
Now, a new proposal is being crafted — to be voted on next month at the annual IWC meeting — allowing new quotas for whale kills by these three nations. Controversy is already mounting as critics assert that the new rules would encourage more whale killing, and further, that the proposed quotas are not based on scientific data.
A controversial proposal would allow these three whaling nations to continue whaling for the next decade in exchange for narrowing the loopholes in existing law, but scientists and conservationist are not satisfied and fear that more whales will be killed, not fewer.
Source: Planet Save
When you read stories on the IWC allowing commercial whaling, you find Greenpeace ads to petition Obama and the IWC to not allow commercial whaling.
When you watch Whale Wars Season 3, I don’t expect you will see or hear Paul Watson to talking about the proposed new laws or changing the laws to ban “research” whaling.
Go to “get involved” section of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society web site. You will not find one word about stopping the proposed laws or getting “research” whaling banned. Most of the “get involved” section of the Sea Shepherd is aimed at getting more money for themselves.
With the popularity of Whale Wars, Paul Watson and Animal Planet could have a successful petition drive to convince the IWC to NOT allow commercial whaling again.
Don’t give to the Sea Shepherd. Go to Greenpeace and sign their anti-whaling petition.
Senate bill S3116, the International Whale Conservation and Protection Act of 2010, was proposed in March 2010. It urges the IWC to not start up commercial whaling again and to get the IWC to stop “research” whaling. It is still in committee.
Don’t give to the Sea Shepherd. Contact your senator and congressman to vote YES on S3116.
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