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Humpback comeback: time to sharpen the harpoon? Comments (2) Posted by: Alister Doyle Tags: Environment, humpback whales, international whaling commission, iucn, minke whale The humpback and some other big whales are recovering from the threat of extinction.

The argument that increasing whale populations are behind declining fish stocks is completely without scientific foundation, leading researchers and conservation organizations said today as the International Whaling Commission opened its 60th meeting in Santiago, Chile.

Workers butcher a Baird’s beaked whale in Minamiboso, Japan, on June 28, 2008. Whales emerged as the big losers at a week-long International Whaling Commission meeting in Chile, conservation groups said, after anti-whaling nations failed to halt Japanese hunters.

I want a gun that shoots these. Using laser beams and electric fields, Rice physicists pushed an electron to orbit far from the nucleus of a potassium atom, creating a millimeter-sized “Bohr Atom.” Millimeter-Sized Atom Credit: Jeff Mestayer/Rice University Perspective please.

ecoworldly.com On Friday, the International Whaling Commissions annual meeting came to a close with a whimper. This years gathering was held in Chile, and the meetings chairperson made a gutsy and stupid decision. He wanted to avoid confrontations at this years meeting by not voting on important issues.

Fisheries, Not Whales, To Blame For Shortage Of Fish ScienceDaily Sun, 06/29/2008 - 17:00 The argument that increasing whale populations are behind declining fish stocks is completely without scientific foundation, leading researchers and conservation organizations said as the International Whaling Commission opened its 60th meeting in Santiago, Chile.

On Friday, the International Whaling Commission’s annual meeting came to a close with a whimper. This year’s gathering was held in Chile, and the meeting’s chairperson, United States delegate William Hogarth, made a gutsy and stupid decision.

Greenland Denied on Whale Hunt SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The International Whaling Commission on Thursday rejected a request by indigenous Greenland fishermen to kill 10 humpback whales a year. The fishermen had offered to swap rights to eight fin whales for the humpbacks. World 0

Latin America’s whale watching industry has experienced a growth surge, with direct income from ticket sales more than quadrupling in the past 15 years and more than one million whale watchers expected this year alone, according to a new report released today by IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare – www.ifaw.org) and other whale conservation groups.

Starting things off with a bang, Chile declared a permanent ban on whaling on the opening day of the International Whaling Commission’s annual meeting. The Pacific Ocean-bordering country is playing... [[ This is a content summary only.