Links
Caribbean
Network News
Bringing the News from the Heartbeats of the Caribbean and Latin America
Center for Conservation Biology
Network,Rice University (USA)
Committed to developing the scientific and technical means for the protection
maintenance and restoration of the earth's biological diversity.
Convention
on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)
CITES is an international agreement between Governments. Its aim is to ensure
that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not
threaten their survival.
Faroe
Islands
Whales and Whaling in the Faroe Islands.
Fisheries
Joint Management Committee
The FJMC is a land-claim based co-management organization from the Inuvialuit
Settlement Region in Canada's western Arctic.
Fur Commission USA
A non-profit organization representing fur-farming families in the USA
Greenland
Home Rule
The home page for Greenland's Home Rule Government.
Grytviken,
South Georgia Exhibit (Europe)
The establishment of a whaling station in Grytviken in 1904 inspired, one
hundred years later, the Grytviken exibit.
High North Alliance (North
Atlantic)
Working for the future of coastal cultures and the sustainable use of marine
resources.
Institute
of Cetacean Research (Japan)
The I.C.R. is a unique organization specializing in the biological and social
sciences related to whales. It is a nonprofit research organization whose
legal status is authorized by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries,
Government of Japan, as a foundational judicial person.
International
Institute of Fisheries, Economics and Trade (USA)
International
Network for Whaling Research
The purpose of the network is to keep members informed about others' research
activities, to provide notice of publications and upcoming conferences and
workshops, to promote publication of research on whaling societies, and to
provide a means by which those active in this research field can solicit and
facilitate research cooperation with others having similar interests.
International
Whaling Commission
The International Whaling Commission (IWC) was set up under the International
Convention for the Regulation of Whaling which was signed in Washington DC
on 2 December 1946. The purpose of the Convention is to provide for the proper
conservation of whale stocks and thus make possible the orderly development
of the whaling industry.
International Work Group for Indigenous
Affairs (IWGIA)
IWGIA supports indigenous peoples' struggle for human rights, self-determination,
right to territory, control of land and resources, cultural integrity, and
the right to development.
Inuit
Circumpolar Conference (Canada)
The Inuit Circumpolar Conference is the international organization representing
approximately 150.000 Inuit living in the Arctic regions of Alaska, Canada,
Greenland and Chukotka, Russia.
Inuit
Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK)
ITK has represented the interests of the Inuit of Canada
at the national level since its incorporation in 1972.
IWMC
World Conservation Trust
IWMC is a global coalition of experts and wildlife managers promoting the
conservation of habitat and wildlife resources and advocating the use of science-based
techniques in managing environmental issues.
Japan Fisheries Association
The Japan Fisheries Association is the umbrella organization for the entire
fishing industry of Japan. We have more than 400 members including associations,
private companies and individuals who contribute to our operations. Our purpose
is to promote the fishing industry and contribute to the economic well-being
and cultural heritage of our country.
Japan Small-type
Whaling Association
A website focusing on the communities in Japan that traditionally hunt whales.
Japan Whaling Association
JWA was established in December 1959 as a nonprofit foundation. After the
moratorium on commercial whaling adopted by the IWC came into effect, JWA
disbanded in July 1988, and re-formed in October 1988 as a private organization
with the aim of resumption of whaling.
Journal of International Wildlife Law &
Policy
Journal's mission is to address legal and political issues concerning the
human race's interrelationship with and management of wildlife species, their
habitats, and the biosphere.
Lauravetlan
Information and Education Network of Indigenous People (Russia)
Makah Nation (USA)
Neah Bay, Washington, USA.
Man
In Nature
A quarterly webzine on sustainable use of wildlife resources.
NAMMCO
The inter-governmental body for cooperation on the conservation,
management and study of marine mammals in the North Atlantic
Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated
Inuit Economic, Social and Cultural Well-Being through the Implementation
of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement.
New
Bedford Whaling Museum (USA)
The Museum explores the history of whaling worldwide and the rich cultures
- and conservation issues - it inspired.
A Whaling Museum in Sandefjord, Norway
http://www.hvalfangstmuseet.no
Whaling Library
A personal home page focusing on whaling in Japan.
Whaling
Museum in Sandefjord Norway
http://www.hvalfangstmuseet.no
Species Management Specialists
An international non-governmental organisation whose members span all continents
and are specialists in the practical management of the world's wild species.
Tokuya Whale Cuisine
Restaurant (Osaka, Japan)
Treaty
of Waitangi Fisheries Commission (New Zealand)
Te Ohu Kaimoana (TOKM) is the Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission. It
was set up in 1992 to replace the Maori Fisheries Commission, established
in 1989 to hold fisheries assets returned to Maori by the Crown, and to arrange
for their eventual distribution.
The Whaling Times
(The Ex Whalers Club of Edenburgh)
The Whaling Times website takes a look back at the Scots involvement in the
modern, commercial whaling industry.