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Once again the outcome was disappointing and while pro-whaling countries failed to overturn the global ban on commercial whaling, the Japanese whaling fleet will again hunt over 1,000 whales in the Southern Ocean this year – including 50 threatened humpbacks and 50 endangered fin whales.
Greenpeace is calling on the Australian government to put the issue of commercial whaling at the top of the agenda in its bilateral relationship with Japan, ahead of trade and security.
Greenpeace Australia Pacific CEO Steve Shallhorn said: “Greenpeace is pleased that the IWC has agreed to a special meeting to discuss reform, but unless reform means modernising to properly address the major threats, which kill one animal every 90 seconds worldwide, and stop the most preventable cause - hunting, then it will simply become another opportunity for political grand standing where the only victims will be the whales” he said.
The voting count as of June 2007
Big Blue March
Thousands of people in dozens of countries marched to call for whale protection as the International Whaling Commission (IWC) started its annual meeting. The idea for the Big Blue March came from Queensland mum, Anne-Marie Van Hees, who set up her campaign on the I-Go website with her son. Her idea went global and thousands of people in cities around the world brought her campaign to life, giving voice to the world's whales in danger.
