whaling ban
Prohibited cetacean hunting
A whaling ban is a prohibition on hunting whales, typically referring to the 1986 moratorium established by the International Whaling Commission after commercial hunting drove several species toward extinction.
Some countries continue whaling under exceptions for scientific research or indigenous subsistence hunting: Japan withdrew from the IWC to resume commercial whaling despite the ban.
- moratoriumTemporary prohibition or delay
- harpoonBarbed spear for whales
- cetaceanAquatic mammal order
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
endangered · quota · scientific research · hunt · activism · Greenpeace · blubber · Japan · Norway · Iceland · factory ship · minke · coastal · indigenous · commercial · protest · treaty · international waters
- prohibitionsforbid, prohibition, forbidden, prohibit, outlawing
- whale conservationmoratorium, marine sanctuaries, protected species, rehabilitation centers, humpbacks
- conservationconservation, wildlife, endangered, habitat, sanctuary
- international lawinternational law, treaty, treaties, conventions, protocols
- wildlife conservationhabitat protection, game warden, species protection, wildlife officer, wildlife refuges