what countries are still hunting whales?
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Japan and Iceland are the only two countries that currently use this provision. Japan has been engaged in scientific whaling since 1987, a year after the IWC moratorium on commercial whaling began. Iceland recently began "scientific whaling" in 2003 before resuming their commerical hunt in 2006.
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['Hong Kong.', 'Indonesia.', 'Japan.', 'Kazakhstan.', 'Kyrgyzstan.', 'Macao (SAR China)', 'Malaysia.', 'Philippines.']
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The 2019/2020 hunting season in Taiji will aim to kill 1,749 of the cetaceans, including 6 species of dolphin and 3 species of whale. Japan notified the U.S. on Dec. 26, 2018, that it had decided to withdraw from the International Whaling Commission in order to pursue commercial whaling.
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['Macau.', 'British Virgin Islands.', 'Brunei.', 'Liechtenstein.', 'Palau.']
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['Italy. Tonnes: 2,451.8.', 'France. Tonnes: 2,436.1. ... ', 'Russia. Tonnes: 2,219.2. ... ', 'China. Tonnes: 1,936.5. ... ', 'Switzerland. Tonnes: 1,040.0. ... ', 'Japan. Tonnes: 765.2. Percent of foreign reserves: 2.7 percent. ... ', 'India. Tonnes: 618.2. Percent of foreign reserves: 6.5 percent. ... ', 'Netherlands. Tonnes: 612.5. Percent of foreign reserves: 67.7 percent. ... ']
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['Fin Whale. Fin whales are found existing on all the major oceans and seas and are described as the second largest whales after the blue whales.', 'European Hedgehog. The European Hedgehogs are the only spiky animals found in the United Kingdom. ... ', 'Wood Mouse. ... ', 'Grey Seal. ... ', 'Scottish Wildcat. ... ', 'Orkney Vole. ... ', 'Little Owl. ... ', 'Curlew. ... ']
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On December 26, 2018, Japan announced that since the IWC failed its duty to promote sustainable hunting, which is one of its stated goals, Japan is withdrawing its membership and will resume commercial hunting in its territorial waters and exclusive economic zone from July 1, 2019, but will cease whaling activities in ...
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['Bahamas. Photo Source: Dave Johnson on Flickr. ... ', 'Ethiopia. ... ', 'Fiji. ... ', 'Ghana. ... ', 'Kiribati. ... ', 'Mauritius. ... ', 'Micronesia. ... ', 'Saint Kitts and Nevis.']
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Oregon's whale watching season peaks twice a year: during winter (mid-December–mid-January) and spring (late February–May), when as many as 20,000 gray whales migrate between the icy seas of Alaska and their breeding lagoons in Baja California, Mexico.
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The bowhead whale's conservation status is listed as “least concern” overall, but some populations (such as near Greenland) are endangered. They have traditionally been hunted by commercial whalers until the last century for oil, meat, and baleen.
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['Rank. Country. Population Density. Population. ... ', 'Greenland (Denmark) 0.03/km2 55,877. 2,166,000 km2', 'Svalbard and Jan Mayen. 0.04/km2 2,655. 61,399km2', 'Falkland Islands. 0.21/km2 2,563. 12,173km2', 'Pitcairn Islands. 1.2/km2 47.3km2', 'Tristan da Cunha (UK) 1.3/km2 266. 207km2', 'Mongolia. 1.9/km2 3,000,000. ... ', 'Western Sahara. 2.3/km2 567,421.']
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['Thailand.', 'The Bahamas.', 'Timor Leste.', 'Tonga.', 'Trinidad and Tobago.', 'Turks and Caicos.', 'Venezuela.', 'Vietnam.']
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['Albania. 2009. Belgium. 1949. Bulgaria. 2004. Canada. 1949. Croatia. ... ', 'Denmark. 1949. Estonia. 2004. France. 1949. Germany. 1955. ... ', 'Iceland. 1949. Italy. 1949. Latvia. 2004. Lithuania. 2004. ... ', 'Netherlands. 1949. North Macedonia. 2020. Norway. 1949. Poland. 1999. ... ', 'Slovakia. 2004. Slovenia. 2004. Spain. 1982. Turkey. 1952.']
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['China.', 'Japan.', 'Czech Republic.', 'France.', 'Australia.', 'Iceland.']
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['Andorra.', 'Australia.', 'Bahamas.', 'Barbados.', 'Brunei.', 'Chile.', 'Hong Kong.', 'Iceland.']
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['China.', 'Turkey.', 'Saudi Arabia.', 'USA.', 'Russia.']
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['Australia.', 'Austria.', 'Bulgaria.', 'Chile.', 'Denmark.', 'France.', 'Germany.', 'Great Britain.']