What does IWC stand for?

International Whaling Commission

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Greenland will make its request at the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), which kicks off on Monday on the Portuguese island of Madeira, the WDCS said.

Hunting humpbacks: Plans attacked by environmentalists

Japan officially complies with the International Whaling Commission (IWC) moratorium on commercial whaling.

Iceland whale meat to arrive in Japan: report

ae Japan has defended its practice of 'scientific' whale hunting at the annual International Whaling Commission meeting in Chile, insisting it had yielded important scientific results.

Japan says whaling is needed

I am pressing the government to continue fighting for tougher action by the International Whaling Commission in an effort to eliminate the killing of these magnificent creatures.

Whale of a time as MP gets the hump; WALES

It is a great shame that the 1986 hunting ban agreed by the International Whaling Commission left such a huge loophole in the legislation.

MEP's whale hunt fury

The International Whaling Commission Scientific Committeeestimatesthat thereare about 184,000 minke whales in the central and northeast Atlantic Ocean.

Minke whale beached in Amazon forest

Screenings were to continue throughout May, in anticipation of the forthcoming International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting which was to begin in Anchorage, Alaska in late May.

Ads oppose whaling

Japan, feeling it has long been fighting an unproductive battle at the International Whaling Commission along with Norway and Iceland to reinstate whaling for profit, has invited all 72 member countries of the IWC to attend a three-day confab, called ''the Conference for the Normalization of the International Whaling Commission.

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