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Natural Resources Defense Council: Japan Leaves International Whaling Commission to Resume Commercial Whaling
July 01, 2019
NEW YORK, July 1 -- The Natural Resources Defense Council issued the following news release:

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- Departure from the International Whaling Commission breaks over 30-year ban

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Japan today resumed commercial whaling for the first time in over 30 years, after the nation's withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission (IWC). The IWC banned commercial whaling in 1982.

Following is a statement from Taryn Kiekow Heimer, Dep . . .

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