Thirty-First Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission, 1979

The thirty-first annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) was held in London, 9–14 July 1979, under the chairmanship of T. Asgeirsson (Iceland). Since June 1978, five countries joined the commission, Chile, Republic of Korea, Peru, Seychelles and Spain, and attended the annual me...

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Brown, S. G.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1980
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Iceland
Polar Record
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400002941
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spelling crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247400002941 2024-03-03T08:45:44+00:00 Thirty-First Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission, 1979 Brown, S. G. 1980 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400002941 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400002941 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 20, issue 124, page 59-62 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 1980 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400002941 2024-02-08T08:38:02Z The thirty-first annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) was held in London, 9–14 July 1979, under the chairmanship of T. Asgeirsson (Iceland). Since June 1978, five countries joined the commission, Chile, Republic of Korea, Peru, Seychelles and Spain, and attended the annual meeting for the first time as members. Sweden which had rejoined the commission, was last represented at the fifteenth meeting in 1963. There are now 23 member nations, of which 10 are at present engaged in commercial whaling. Commissioners from all member countries were present, together with observers from six non-member governments, FAO, UNEP, international scientific bodies and conservation and animal welfare organizations Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Polar Record Cambridge University Press Polar Record 20 124 59 62
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Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
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Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
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Thirty-First Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission, 1979
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description The thirty-first annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) was held in London, 9–14 July 1979, under the chairmanship of T. Asgeirsson (Iceland). Since June 1978, five countries joined the commission, Chile, Republic of Korea, Peru, Seychelles and Spain, and attended the annual meeting for the first time as members. Sweden which had rejoined the commission, was last represented at the fifteenth meeting in 1963. There are now 23 member nations, of which 10 are at present engaged in commercial whaling. Commissioners from all member countries were present, together with observers from six non-member governments, FAO, UNEP, international scientific bodies and conservation and animal welfare organizations
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