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WORLD'S TOP 10 WHALING COUNTRIES AFTER JAPAN BAN

By Jack Moore
Published 04/04/14 AT 5:37 PM BST
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Workers butcher a Baird's Beaked whale at Wada port in Minamiboso, southeast of
Tokyo   Reuters


The International Court of Justice (ICJ) recently ordered Japan to halt its
controversial Antarctic whaling program. The court in The Hague, Netherlands,
ruled that Tokyo's Jarpa II whaling program was not being carried out for
scientific purposes.

Japan is the biggest culprit of whaling but not the only one. Which other
countries are involved in Whaling? IBTimesUK lists the big whale hunters.

1) Japan



Workers butcher a Baird's Beaked whale at Wada port in Minamiboso, southeast of
Tokyo   Reuters

After an International Whaling Committee (IWC) ban in 1986 on commercial
whaling, Japan launched its scientific whaling program, the one which has
recently been halted by the ICJ.

As the biggest killer of whales, Japan sells whale meat in food markets after
killing up to 1000 whales in the Southern Ocean while, in the North Pacific, up
to 360 whales of different species are killed and sold on.

2) Norway



Norwegian whalers carve up the carcass of a whale off the coast of northern
Norway Reuters

In 1993, Norway objected to IWC's whaling ban and continued their whale hunt
operations. The number of whales that Norway allows itself to capture has risen
steadily over the last decade, from 671 minke whales in 2002 to over 1,000 in
2013. However, they usually catch only half of this total.

3) Iceland


The carcass of a Fin whale is tied to a whaling ship as it anchors near a
processing plant in Hvalfjordur, Iceland Reuters


Iceland stopped whaling in 1989, but in 2003 it resumed scientific whaling and
began commercial whaling in 2006. Its quota from IWC is 216 whales a year. In
2010, Icelandic whalers killed 148 endangered fin whales, according to the
International Fund for Animal Welfare.

4) Greenland


Fishermen sell whale meat and blubber on the street outside a local supermarket
in Tasiilaq, Greenland Reuters

Greenlandic Inuit whalers hunt and catch 175 whales every year, the third
largest behind Japan and Norway. 160 whales are taken from the more densely
populated west coast while around ten are taken from the east coast.



5) Canada


British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell (top L) and Yukon Premier Dennis Fentie
(2nd L) watch as Inuit men prepare whale and seal meat for a community meal,
while touring Pangnirtung, Nunavut Reuters

Whaling in Canada is predominantly carried out in small numbers by Inuit groups.
Whale meat is sold in shops and supermarkets in northern Canada where it serves
as a staple of the Inuit diet.

6) United States



A humpback whale dives in the waters of Prince William Sound near the town of
Valdez, Alaska Reuters

Whaling in the US involves nine indigenous Alaskan communities where the hunts
catch 50 whales a year with a total whale population of 10,500.

7) Russia


Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin fires darts with a crossbow at an
endangered grey whale from a motorboat in Olga Bay in the Sea of Japan Reuters


Russians in the country's Far East are permitted by IWC to hunt for and catch up
to 140 gray whales from the population every year.

8) South Korea


Environmental activists demonstrate with a mock whale, during a protest against
South Korean government plans to resume hunting whales for research purposes in
central Seoul

South Africa undertakes scientific whaling in its own waters by right. The
country's leaders see the hunting and eating of whale meat as deeply entrenched
in South Korean history.



9) Faroe Islands

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Inhabitants of Faroe Islands catch and slaughter pilot whales during the
traditional 'Grindadrap' (whale hunting in Faroese) near Sandur on Sandoy island
Reuters

Approximately 950 whales are caught in the summer annually in a hunt known as
Grindadrap. The hunt is seen as an important aspect of Faroese culture and
history.

10) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines



Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Ralph Gonsalves eats soup
given to him by a supporter during a visit to an area affected by landslides and
flooding in South Rivers Reuters

Residents of the Carribbean islands have a quota of four humpback whales a year
from the International Whaling Commission (IWC).

Related
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ICJ Orders Japan to Halt Antarctic Whaling Program Jarpa II
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Sinks Their Boat



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