Talk about white whales: Every year, the Japanese try to overturn the commercial whaling moratorium, and every year, anti-whaling nations lobby for a permanent ban. This year, things might actually change, thanks to beneficiaries of Japanese aid that have joined the IWC, including converts to the pro-whaling cause such as Eritrea, Tanzania, and landlocked Laos. Roughly half of the 84 member countries convened in March to discuss a proposal to allow Japan to resume commercial whaling in exchange for strict catch limits. Conservation groups have already begun protesting. But the decision would be in keeping with the commission's original purpose: It was founded in 1946 to support sustainable whaling. -- ACL

Mon, June 22
Blow
International Whaling Commission Annual Meeting
Madeira, Portugal

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