U.S. aboriginal whaling quotas renewed at IWC
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - A five-year whaling quota for indigenous people in the United States and Russia was renewed by an international whaling body on Tuesday, allowing Native Alaskans to keep hunting bowhead whales for subsistence purposes.
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An international animal welfare group vowed to pursue a lawsuit accusing Japanese whalers of killing hundreds of whales within an Australian sanctuary despite Canberra's own reluctance.
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A Solid Energy report on fish in rivers downstream of its mine near Westport will be the benchmark for its environmental clean-up.   The priority is to get whitebait running in the Ngakawau River again.
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The International Whaling Commission passed a resolution Thursday that upholds a 21-year moratorium on commercial whaling.
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Japanese harpoonists killed five whales in one day after protesters who had halted the hunt in Antarctic waters were forced to return to port to refuel, an Australian report said Friday.
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Japan has opened a conference to rally support among countries that support its bid to resume commercial whaling but it was boycotted by most Western countries.
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REYKJAVIK, Sep 14 (IPS) - Commercial whaling may start in Iceland again if  the owner of the Hvalur boats has his way.
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An Australian judge Tuesday granted an activist group's request to ban a Japanese company from whaling in an Australian-declared animal sanctuary off Antarctica.
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Police will grill the hardcore  activists who docked in Australia on Saturday amid pressure  from Japan for Canberra to take stronger action over recent  anti-whaling protests in icy waters near Antarctica.
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Officials from 75 nations begin on Monday talks critical to whale conservation amid political pressure to lift a 20-year ban on commercial hunting of the gentle giants.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - Anti-whaling nations said on Monday they oppose Japan's proposal to permit whale hunting in its coastal communities and will push for Japanese concessions on other issues.
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Japan has resumed its annual whale hunt in waters near Antarctica now that anti-whaling activists have stopped pursuing the Japanese fleet, a news report said Tuesday.
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By TERENCE CHEA RIO VISTA, Calif. - Encouraged by the response of two injured, wayward whales to the spray of a fire hose, marine scientists plan to use more hoses when they resume efforts next week to herd the pair back out to the Pacific Ocean.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - The International Whaling Commission renewed a five-year whaling quote for indigenous people in the United States and Russia on Tuesday, allowing Alaska Natives to continue hunting bowhead whales for subsistence purposes.
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A ship carrying militant anti-whaling activists was due to head back to Antarctic waters Thursday to resume harassing Japanese whalers, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society said.
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The Inuit of the Arctic plan to seek a ruling from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights that the U.S. is threatening their existence.
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ANCHORAGE, May 28 -- A U.S. senator urged delegates of the International Whaling Commission to renew a five-year subsistence whaling quota for Alaska Native communities, calling it crucial to their society.