Media coverage 

Iceland an Observer at Whaling Meeting (AP/Yahoo 25.07.01)
-Iceland has tried to make its voice count at this week's contentious meeting of the international body regulating whaling, but it remains a reluctant and unhappy observer.

Whale Meeting Stalemate on Ending Ban (Reuters/Yahoo 25.07.01)
- The International Whaling Commission passed a motion on Wednesday criticizing Norway for hunting Minke whales and resuming exports of whale products, but made no progress on ending a ban on commercial hunting.

Iceland held at bay in whaling policy vote (The Guardian 24.01.07)
Iceland, determined to resume commercial whaling, was yesterday refused permission to rejoin the International Whaling Commission as a full member and denied voting rights at the organisation's annual meeting in London.

Japan angers conservationists in fight to drop ban on whaling (The Independent 24.01.07)
Japan was yesterday accused of being an enemy of global conservation after it led a coalition of countries in an attempt to overturn a ban on commercial hunting. 

People urged to eat whale meat ( London Evening Standard 23.07.01)
The animal rights group which attacked Mayor Ken Livingstone in the US triggered fresh outrage today by urging the public to eat whale meat

Whaling ban set to collapse (The Observer 22.07.01)
Britain launches fightback to stop resumption of hunting after 15 years.
The worldwide ban on the commercial hunting of whales faces collapse this week after a campaign by pro-whaling nations to overturn it.

Bloody whaling (The Guardian 21.07.01)
Japan's aggressive pursuit of expanded whaling is undermining the 1986 moratorium and threatening the regulatory framework created by the International Whaling Commission.

Lee hails whale haven (New Zealand News 21.07.01)
Pacific Island countries could follow French Polynesia's example and turn their territorial waters into whale havens if a bid for a South Pacific sanctuary fails, says Conservation Minister Sandra Lee. 

Japan’s whale song (The Economist 20.07.01)
Once again, Japan risks raising the wrath of environmentalists and many other countries with its determination to continue whaling. The annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission, which begins on July 23rd, is likely to prove more contentious than ever.

Iceland Set to Resume Whaling (Yahoo News/AP 20.07.01)
- Iceland intends to defy international objections and resume commercial whale hunting, the country's whaling commissioner said Friday.

Pacific sanctuary proposal is sinking (The Seattle Times 19.07.01)
A move by Australia and New Zealand to establish a South Pacific whale sanctuary is expected to fail once again when the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meets in London next week.

Australia supports French Polynesia's whale sanctuary (ABC News 19.07.01)
Australia's Federal Environment Minister has welcomed French Polynesia's decision to create a whale sanctuary in its waters.

Japanese official defends 'cockroach' remark on whales (Kyodo News 19.07.01)
A senior Japanese fishery official on Wednesday defended a remark he made describing minke whales as ''the cockroaches of the sea.''

Japan admits aid deals buy support for whaling (The Independent 19.01.01)
The Japanese government has admitted for the first time that it uses overseas aid to buy the support of small nations for its campaign to legalise whaling.

Fisheries minister blasts SAS whale ban (Aftenposten 17.07.01)
Norway's fisheries minister defended the country's controversial whale hunt Tuesday and said he was irritated by SAS' decision to refuse transport of whale exports. He accused SAS of virtual betrayal.

South Pacific whale sanctuary beached? (CNN 17.07.01)
Deep in the South Pacific, migrating whales serenade their mates as they swim to warmer tropical waters to breed, enchanting thousands of whale watchers along the coastal cliff tops of Australia and New Zealand.