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WHALE FOR SALE THE GLOBAL TRADE IN DEAD WHALESConclusionOur aim in this report is to demonstrate that whale and dolphin hunts are by no means consigned to thepast, nor are instances of consumption and utilisation of whale and dolphin products and by-productsconfined to just a very few nations. Rather, killing and trade is taking place, in the present day, at a scale thatis both shocking and unacceptable. Whaling is cruel, the demand for whale meat is falling and we can’t becertain that whale populations can survive large scale hunting as well as the other threats they face. Whilstthe moratorium is undoubtedly stemming the tide and preventing a complete free-for-all by callous hunters,it is clear that in country after country, rules are being broken, loopholes exploited and a blind eye is turnedto often flagrant abuses of regulations designed to protect and conserve whale and dolphin species.RecommendationsGiven the global extent of killing and trade exposed in this report, WDC makes the following calls:1. The ban on commercial whaling must remain in place, but with existing loopholes closed andabuses punished.2. We call upon the Russian Federation to withdraw its reservation to the moratorium.3. The IWC must provide a clear definition of ASW and address abuses.4. The EU should require Denmark to put in place measures to ensure that whale meat and productscannot be moved around the EU outside Denmark. The IWC should not allocate any quotas toGreenland unless satisfied that the EU has complied with the above.5. Internet sales of whale or dolphin products should be banned as there is no guarantee that salescan be restricted to specified regions or persons.6. The EU and other non-whaling countries must introduce legislation to prevent vessels carryingwhale products from using their ports.7. Tighter legislation is required regarding the use of whales and dolphins killed during fishing activities,to prevent abuses and illegal trade.8. WDC recognizes that the IWC, CITES, CMS and other relevant agreements, treaties andconventions which range states can freely join have competency with respect to the conservationmanagement of small cetaceans.9. Small cetacean hunts should be considered by the IWC when allocating large whale quotas in respectto ASW requests and incorporated into agendas focused on welfare and reporting requirements.Footnote and further informationThe examples contained in this report by no means represent the whole picture and more cases arecoming to light all the time. This report, therefore, is merely a work in progress and will be updatedregularly. Please visit whales.org for further information. To report any instances of illegal hunting ortrade in whale or dolphin products, please contact us at vanessa.williams-grey@whales.org{ 44 }
WHALE FOR SALE THE GLOBAL TRADE IN DEAD WHALESReferencesBrazil1http://us.whales.org/wdc-in-action/river-dolphins-brazilCanada1http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/csas/Csas/status/1999/E5-52e.pdf;http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/CSAS/Csas/Publications/SAR-AS/2008/SAR-AS2008_057_E.pdf2http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/iqaluit-bowhead-whale-hunt-a-success-1.991753Denmark1Breaking ranks – Denmark goes it alone on whaling policy http://us.whales.org/sites/default/files/attachment/news/2012/06/breaking_ranks_eng.pdf2http://www.wdcs.org/submissions_bin/Greenland_expanding_commercial_whaling_report.pdf3VEJ nr 9461 af 30/09/2011 https://www.retsinformation.dk/Forms/R0710.aspx?id=138729European Union1Whaling for Science. Animal Welfare Institute Quarterly, Spring/Summer 1987. vol. 86.nos.1 & 2.2Finland Bans shipment of whale meat. Lodi News Sentinel, 22 June 1988.3http://www.db.lv/tirdznieciba/partika/muita-latvija-ievesti-250-kg-vala-galas-2198444http://grapevine.is/News/ReadArticle/Greenpeace-Blocks-Whale-Meat-from-Iceland-to-Japan5http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2686/Binnenland/article/detail/987609/2010/06/02/Walvisvlees-allang-weg-uit-Rotterdam.dhtml6http://japandailypress.com/norway-exports-whale-products-to-japan-defies-international-tradeban-0926649;Briefing on Whaling Links and Cooperation Between Norway and Iceland, includingWhale Meat Exports. Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), April 2013. 23pp; Pers Comm. AWI, 6th July2013.7http://us.whales.org/news/2013/07/controversial-whale-meat-cargo-shipped-back-to-icelandFaroe Islands1http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_life/Forget_Planes,_Take_the_Ferry_%28KH%29_0_399169.news.aspx ; http://familyadventureproject.org/2012/07/smyril-line/#.UWrpIMpK1ME2http://uk.whales.org/issues/in-depth/faroese-and-commercial-whaling; Joensen, H (2008) Headof the Representation of the Faroes in Copenhagen, Seminar on Commercial Whaling,Landstingsalen, Monday 10 March 2008 accessed on 2nd February 2010, available athttp://www.mfa.fo/Default.aspx?ID=474&M=News&PID=1031&NewsID=12643Breaking ranks – Denmark goes it alone on whaling policy http://us.whales.org/sites/default/files/attachment/news/2012/06/breaking_ranks_eng.pdf4VEJ nr 9461 af 30/09/2011 https://www.retsinformation.dk/Forms/R0710.aspx?id=138729Germany1http://uk.whales.org/blog/vanessawilliams-grey/2014/01/green-week-whale-meat-fiasco-causesred-faces2HYPERLINK „http://www.innovasjonnorge.no/no/Nyheter/innovasjon-norge-beklager-a-ha-innfort-hvalkjott-til-tyskland/“\l „.UurDT_l_tgh“http://www.innovasjonnorge.no/no/Nyheter/innovasjon-norge-beklager-a-ha-innfort-hvalkjott-til-tyskland/#.UurDT_l_tgh3http://www.rbnett.no/nyheter/article8991929.ece{ 45 }
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