Comments on: Norway lowers 2009 whale quota http://www.icenews.is/index.php/2008/12/25/norway-lowers-2009-whale-quota/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:08:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nadgob http://www.icenews.is/index.php/2008/12/25/norway-lowers-2009-whale-quota/#comment-59604 Nadgob Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:53:14 +0000 http://www.icenews.is/?p=5019#comment-59604 The “moratorium” on whaling is actually described as a “pause” by the IWC in numerous places on their website. The IWC’s only interest in whale conservation is for a future resumption of commercial whaling activities the IWC regularly condemns organizations like the SSCS actions. Use this link and scroll down to "Conservation And Management" and you'll find: "the IWC decided at its meeting in 1982 that there should be a **pause** (the ‘moratorium’) in commercial whaling on all whale stocks from 1985/86". http://www.iwcoffice.org/commission/iwcmain.htm Norway complied with IWC rules concerning the pause in whaling they gave their notification in a timely manner as outlined in article XI of the Convention. "Any Contracting Government may withdraw from this Convention on 30th June, of any year by giving notice on or before 1st January, of the same year to the depository Government, which upon receipt of such a notice shall at once communicate it to the other Contracting Governments. Any other Contracting Government may, in like manner, within one month of the receipt of a copy of such a notice from the depository Government give notice of withdrawal, so that the Convention shall cease to be in force on 30th June, of the same year with respect to the Government giving such notice of withdrawal". Norway is breaking NO LAW! The “moratorium” on whaling is actually described as a “pause” by the IWC in numerous places on their website. The IWC’s only interest in whale conservation is for a future resumption of commercial whaling activities the IWC regularly condemns organizations like the SSCS actions. Use this link and scroll down to “Conservation And Management” and you’ll find: “the IWC decided at its meeting in 1982 that there should be a **pause** (the ‘moratorium’) in commercial whaling on all whale stocks from 1985/86″.

http://www.iwcoffice.org/commission/iwcmain.htm

Norway complied with IWC rules concerning the pause in whaling they gave their notification in a timely manner as outlined in article XI of the Convention.

“Any Contracting Government may withdraw from this Convention on 30th June, of any year by giving notice on or before 1st January, of the same year to the depository Government, which upon receipt of such a notice shall at once communicate it to the other Contracting Governments. Any other Contracting Government may, in like manner, within one month of the receipt of a copy of such a notice from the depository Government give notice of withdrawal, so that the Convention shall cease to be in force on 30th June, of the same year with respect to the Government giving such notice of withdrawal”.

Norway is breaking NO LAW!

]]> By: Bogdan http://www.icenews.is/index.php/2008/12/25/norway-lowers-2009-whale-quota/#comment-56965 Bogdan Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:05:02 +0000 http://www.icenews.is/?p=5019#comment-56965 How about lowering it to 0 to be in accordance with the global moratorium on commercial whaling? Since when is Norway above the law and since when are whales "stock"? Do they "make" them, do they do anything to improve the "stock"'s health and quantity? Barbarians will always be barbarians... How about lowering it to 0 to be in accordance with the global moratorium on commercial whaling? Since when is Norway above the law and since when are whales “stock”? Do they “make” them, do they do anything to improve the “stock”‘s health and quantity? Barbarians will always be barbarians…

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