A presentation on the importance of the IWC

1. The International Convention for
the Regulation of Whaling
An examination of the success of the
International Whaling Commission
Presented by: James Craig

2. Delegates signing the convention held in
Washington DC in 1946

3. The logo of the IWC

4. Small whaling boat putting out to sea, 1948, Norway

5. A Japanese whaling ship takes in its kill, and example of industrialized whaling

6. Japan stands greatly opposed to moratorium on commercial whaling

7. A Mink Whale, a whale highly sought after in the Japanese whaling industry

8. A whaler preparing a harpoon gun

9. A Mink Whale being killed on a whaling vessel

10. A dead mink whale

11. The products whale meat produce

12. The United States assisted the ICRW in the 1970’s by threatening sanctions against Japan

13. Greenpeace launched its, “Save the Whales” Movement in
1975.

14. The most well known Greenpeace
vessel the Rainbow Warrior

15. Greenpeace activists lashing out against a Japanese whaling vessel

16. Whale watching , and alternative for whaling