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December 18, 2004
Indonesia Rejects Australian Maritime Zone
The government and legislators have strongly rejected to Australia’s plan to establish a maritime identification zone aimed at combating terrorism and other crimes, saying it would be a violation of Indonesian sovereignty....link

December 17, 2004
Eskimo Filing Against US Just tip of Legal Iceberg
By Marc Morano
Buenos Aires, Argentina (CNSNews.com)
The plan by the Inuit people of the Arctic to seek a ruling from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights against the United States "for causing global warming and its devastating impacts" ....link

December 2, 2004
Japanese aid to smaller nations coincides with whaling votes.
Chicago Tribune
"Why Nicaragua? Well, why Switzerland? Why Mongolia? Those countries are members, and some don't even have oceans," said Miguel Marenco, Nicaragua's new whaling commissioner. "As a fishing nation, we are very much interested in the management of marine species."
...link

October 25, 2004
Two tribes reach out across miles -- and years -- with whaling link.
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Seattle,WA,USA
The Makah Tribe in Washington and the coastal Chukchi Tribe in Russia
began sharing gray whales centuries ago, when the migrating mammals were as abundant as the freezing gales blowing with them across the Bering Sea....link

October 2, 2004
CITES 2004 - Information and links

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)
- CITES official website

High North Alliance (HNA)
- CITES information and articles

IWMC - World Conservation Trust
- daily updates from Bangkok, recommendations etc.

Species Management Specialists (SMS)
- information and recommendations

September 3, 2004
Success again, with long-finned pilot whale satellite-tagging
in the Faroe Islands. Press Release

August 27, 2004 Final Announcement
People, Wildlife and Hunting: Emerging Conservation Paradigms
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
October 22-24 2004
link to conference info

January 21, 2004
Australian Fishing Crew Accused of Killing (and eating) a Whale.
Full story..New Zealand Herald

January 15, 2004
Animal Rights Activist Arrested
Allison Lance Watson faces a maximum of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine if she is convicted on the charge of making a false statement to the grand jury......link

7 October 2003
Iceland finishes first scientific whaling season
High North News

August 9, 2003
1930 - 2003
Tribute to Ingmar Egede
Condolences for Ingmar
Presentation given by Ingmar Egede

Information on Marine Stocks in Iceland.
Iceland's Marine Research Institute website

Overview of the Difficulties in Marketing Inuit Art Due to the Export Restriction Ivory and Whalebone Material...read presentation

Sixth Cologne-Bremerhaven Whaling Meeting
Friday, 30 May - Sunday, 1 June 2003
at the German Maritime Museum,
Bremerhaven, Germany...program

February 24, 2003
Makah and the Courts

Conservation v. Animal Rights
Tribe at Center of Whaling Controversy
Dexter Van Zile is the Northeast Bureau Chief for National Fisherman.
link

January 30, 2003
Open letter to the Hon. Chris Carter
- Read original letter by Hon chris Carter

January 12, 2003
Department of Conservation accused of "animal cruelty" for interfering with natural behavior of pilot whales

January 9, 2003
159 pilot whales beach in NZ, volunteer rescuers save 40. Remaining carcasses left to rot.
http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/default.asp?id=27740

New Zealand whalemeat recipes link angers Greens
by Bernie Napp
Whalemeat recipes from New Zealand listed on a WCW website have angered the Greens (NZ Environmental Political Party), who say references to New Zealand should be removed... http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2164632a6160,00.htm

A Bioeconomic and Socio-Economic Analysis of Whale-Watching, with Attention Given to Associated Direct and Indirect Costs
Authors: Brendan J. Moyle (Massey University, New Zealand) and Mike Evans (University of Alberta, Canada)...read paper

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"Whaling for the Future" Conference and General Assembly
Sept. 26-29 2002, Torshavn, Faroe Islands

Conference
-Press Release

-Resolutions
- Resolution on Health and the Marine Environment
- Resolution on Respect to Amending National and International Statutes and Legislation Affecting Maori Trade in Marine Mammal Products
-Resolution in Support of the Resumption of Minke Whaling by Japanese Small-type Coastal Communities

Presentations:

Whaling Community Viewpoints Around the World
Introduction: Archie Taiaroa, Te Ohu Kaimoana

Trade in edible whale products
Odd Gunnar Skagestad, Ambassador, Commissioner for Norway to the IWC

Whale cuisine and tourism
Masami Iwasaki-Goodman, Hokkai Gakuen University

"Double standard” – Comparing RMS and AWMP
Dan Goodman, Institute of Cetacean Research, Tokyo.

Whale Flensing Workshop and International Whale Cuisine Banquet...more

General Assembly Announcement
Invitation from Faroe Islands Prime Minister, Affinn Kallsberg
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02 September 2002
Anti-whaling fanatic fighting yesterday's battle...link
by Barbara Sumner Burstyn

The "Anti-whaling Fanatic" Responds....link

20 August 2002
NEW YORK TIMES OP-ED PAGE - Harvest the Whales
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF

4 May 2001 (WCW News)
Greenpeace 'Despicable' to link whaling with aid

24 February 2001 (WCW News)
Whaling Symposium announcement