Commercial Whaling
- So-Called "Scientific Whaling" Article 8 of the Convention allows lethal scientific research to be conducted on whales and, presumably originally intended to avoid wastage, requires that the meat be sold commercially. Thus, IWC members are able to issue permits and quotas to themselves for research... more...
- Commercial Whaling After filing an objection to the moratorium, Norway resumed commercial whaling under its objection in 1993. It has continued to whale for commercial purposes since that time, killing several hundreds of minke whales every year and selling the meat domestically. The... more...
