The debate has degenerated into accusations and finger pointing. Australia and Japan have gone head to head over Japan's so called scientific whaling with Australia describing it as irrelevant and a smokescreen for commercial whaling.
New rules set by the chairman at this year's International Whaling Commission (IWC) have angered some people and puzzled others. But there is some hope that a new era of cooperation may occur.
The rules include no votes, no resolutions, and at least 12
Good progress has already been made towards negotiating new processes for the International Whaling Commission (IWC), Conservation Minister Steve Chadwick said today.
The 80-nation International Whaling Commission has opened its annual meeting with its very existence at stake amid tension over Japan's perennial bid to resume commercial whale hunting.
WHALING WHY THE FIGHT MUST GO ON!
The story of the IWC is long and convoluted. Started as a means of representing the whaling industry, it has since evolved into a two-sided, somewhat toothless body read more!
Having agreed to disagree with his Japanese counterpart, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd left the fate of whales to this week's International Whaling Commission meeting, where the outcome could rest on a tiny poor country as Japan gathers supporters.
Greenpeace activists in Japan have been arrested for exposing a stolen whale meat scandal involving the Japanese government-sponsored Southern Ocean whaling programme.
International Whaling Commission members will consider a proposal to create a South Atlantic Whale Sanctuary that will extend across the South Atlantic, from the coast of South America to the coast of Africa, and on down towards Antarctica. Sign NOW!
New covert film evidence and a report showing Greenland's commercial exploitation of its indigenous whaling quotas has been made public. The WSPA sent investigators to Western Greenland to investigate increasing anecdotal evidence of Greenland's
Norway is known for being eco-friendly, but as long as it continues whaling, the country's "green" image will be stained red with the blood of animals killed in the brutal and unnecessary annual hunt.
There is strong community support for getting tough on Japan over whaling, an Australian survey indicates.
The Essential Research online poll found 87 per cent of respondents believed the federal government should take international legal action to try
The European Union agreed on Thursday to take a unified stand against whaling in a statement issued just days before the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting this month.
"With this decision the European Union can now take a strong role at th
Whaling fleets nearly wiped out North Atlantic right whales last century. Now these huge mammals are threatened by other human behavior -- big ships, fishing gear and entanglement in federal bureaucracy.
According to a recent report from Iceland's Marine Research Institute on numbers of Minke whales in Icelandic waters, the minke stock has declined by 24 percent since 2001.
