Japan
Japan has killed 8,201 minke whales in the Antarctic for “scientific purposes” since the moratorium in 1986. A total of 840 whales were killed by Japan under special permit during the 31 years before the moratorium. Japan took a total of 866 whales in 2006/07 season:
Japan have previously announced that in the 2007-08 they will increase their take of fin whales to 50, and also take 50 humpback whales as part of their “scientific whaling” programme. Iceland In 2006/07 Iceland took 60 minke whales under special permit for "scientific whaling", up from 39 in the last season1. However Iceland announced in October 2006 that in addition to the whales caught for scientific research, they would resume commercial whaling and issued quotas for 30 minke whales and 9 fin whales. In the 2006/2007 season, Iceland took 7 fin whales and 1 minke whale under its commercial whaling programme. Norway Norway broke the moratorium in 1993 and resumed commercial whaling. Since then they have taken over 6,879 minke whales under objection1. Norway took 545 whales in 2006 season. |