05/29/2007 10:18:27 AM
The future of the International Whaling Commission as a whole is at stake this week as delegates from the 75 IWC member nations debate issues that range from the current moratorium on commercial whaling, to Japan's research whaling expeditions that kill hundreds of whales each year.
WDCS delegates are at the IWC meeting campaigning for the protection of whales.
Click the links below to read updates from our delegates on the scene.
Click here for pictures of Anchorage, Alaska from our delegates.
Click here to read daily postings from IWC 59 on the WDCS Blog.
 June 1, 2007 - Day 4 - Final Update - Japan withdraws coastal whaling quota request in the face of opposition |
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 May 31, 2007 - Day 3 - Whaling ban validated, as anti-whalers strike back |
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 May 31, 2007 - Day 3 - Greenland's unsustainable whale hunt is approved |
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 May 30, 2007 - Day 2 - WDCS comments JARPA vote |
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 May 30, 2007 - Day 2 - Resolution condemns Japan's 'scientific whaling' |
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 May 30, 2007 - Day 2 - May 30, 2007 - US wins whaling quotas for Alaskan inuit |
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 May 29, 2007 - Day 1 - Greenland seeks higher whale hunt quota from the IWC |
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 May 29, 2007 - Day 1 - Arrival impressions |
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