There are few better indicators of the health of our oceans than whales. They are wide ranging, long-lived, exist in complex social groups and are positioned mainly toward the top of the food chain. Evidence of the impact of human activity upon...

Japan's agenda within the International Whaling Commission (IWC) is self-evident - it wants a return to large-scale commercial whaling and is prepared to go to extreme lengths to achieve its goal.

The Fisheries Agency of Japan (FAJ) has stepped up its attempts to resume commercial whalingwith a massive public relations campaign. This makes two remarkable claims: that whaling isnecessary to control whale populations and keep them from...

With the next meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) now in sight (in May2002) the signs are that the Japanese Government is dangerously close to buying its way toa majority in that meeting. Once Japan – determined to re-start...

Commercial whaling is one of the most environmentally destructive practices of all time and wasresponsible in the last century for taking many populations to the brink of extinction. Yet the Fisheries Agency of Japan is determined to secure a...

Greenpeace believes that commercial whaling will always lead to over-exploitation. Moreover, whaling is a very narrow, short-sighted use ofwhales. There is a truly sustainable alternative – whale watching. Whenmanaged on sound ecological...