Whaling Bans – Another Inch Forward

• Published in: Oryx
• Main Author: Fitter, Richard
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1981
• Subjects: Nature and Landscape Conservation; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Indian; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0030605300017038; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0030605300017038

At this year's International Whaling Commission meeting, where ‘horse trading’ between whalers and conservationists was again a conspicuous feature, sperm whales got a respite, but at the expense of the North Atlantic fin whales. For the British ngo-s, banded together in Wildlife Link (which includes ffPS), the main disappointment was the failure of all three major proposals to halt whaling altogether. They now look to a future where hunting has been given up for lack of whales to hunt, and whale-watching takes over. A remarkable feature of the meetings was the leadership of the Seychelles Government, which last year succeded in getting the Indian Ocean Sanctuary for whales.