On the Resumption of Commercial Whaling: The Case of the Minke Whale in the Northeast Atlantic

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Conrad, Jon, Bjørndal, Trond
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1993
• Subjects: Animal population; Economic feasibility; International Whaling Commission; Minke whales; Sustainable economic development; Whaling; Wildlife management; Iceland; Japan; Norway; Baleine; Baleinière; la Baleine; Rorqual; Arctic; Islande; minke whale; Northeast Atlantic; petit rorqual
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64393

The International Whaling Commission (IWC) met in Reykjavik, Iceland, in May 1991 to determine whether the five-year moratorium on commercial whaling, implemented in 1986, was to expire or be extended. Japan, Iceland and Norway sought to resume commercial whaling on stocks of fin and minke whales, w...