Why Is It Important To Prevent International Whaling?

Introduction

The killing of whales has been an issue of ethical controversies for many decades. In 1982, several countries gathered to draft The International Whaling Commission (IWC) to safeguard of whale stock and to enforce the provisions and of revising the provisions to encourage both the conservation and utilization of whale resources. Despite an international moratorium on commercial whaling, Japan, Iceland and Norway have been whaling under the guise of “lab coat” and their objection to the moratorium.

The International Whaling Commission – Rules and Regulation

The International Whaling Commission instituted laws and regulations to protect whales and to safeguard the existing whale stock. Since, 1971 laws have been regulated and made it illegal to kill, injure or harass any sort of marine mammal species under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and additionally, instituted Endangered Species Act in 1973 to protect both endangered of extinction species and species likely to be endangered in the near future. The main responsibility of The International Whaling Commission is to set restrictions on the quotas for the number and
Although, in the 18th century, whaling was one of the popular trades in New Zealand that they ended in the 1960s as it was no longer economic and moreover, it became an ethical debate on conservation of whale / whaling controversy. New Zealand accepts the IWC regulations and supports to establish a global whale sanctuary as a stepping stone towards whale preservation. Authorities believe in developing a humane way to reduce the unnecessary time to death of whales and approves whaling by indigenous communities within IWC criteria. Whereas, New Zealand strongly opposes to killing whales for any type of commercial whaling and scientific