Whale Commission Annual Meeting


	Whale Commission Annual Meeting

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6-24-2008 3:42 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/af4ae887-57a5-4543-add2-c08bed85082b/5549E8EE-BCB1-43BA-8658-FB57C2481E25/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://ecoworldly.com/2008/06/24/chile-declares-permanent-ban-on-whaling-japan-pressured-to-follow-suit/" href="http://ecoworldly.com/2008/06/24/chile-declares-permanent-ban-on-whaling-japan-pressured-to-follow-suit/" style="font-size: 11px;">ecoworldly.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ecoworldly.com/2008/06/24/chile-declares-permanent-ban-on-whaling-japan-pressured-to-follow-suit/"><H2><A title="Permanent Link: Chile Declares Permanent Ban on Whaling, Japan Pressured to Follow Suit" rel="bookmark" href="http://ecoworldly.com/2008/06/24/chile-declares-permanent-ban-on-whaling-japan-pressured-to-follow-suit/">Chile Declares Permanent Ban on Whaling, Japan Pressured to Follow Suit</A></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ecoworldly.com/2008/06/24/chile-declares-permanent-ban-on-whaling-japan-pressured-to-follow-suit/"><P><A href="http://ecoworldly.com/files/2008/06/whale-breaching.jpg"><IMG width="300" height="190" alt="A Whale Breaching" src="http://ecoworldly.com/files/2008/06/whale-breaching.jpg" class="alignleft alignnone size-full wp-image-1180" /></A>Starting things off with a bang, Chile declared a permanent ban on whaling on the opening day of the <A target="_blank" href="http://www.iwcoffice.org/index.htm">International Whaling Commission’s</A> annual meeting. The Pacific Ocean-bordering country is playing host to the conference, where tensions are running high. One goal of the conference is to get enough countries to vote affirmatively to create a new whale sanctuary in the South Atlantic Ocean. But this plan might be stymied by the meeting’s own chair person.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ecoworldly.com/2008/06/24/chile-declares-permanent-ban-on-whaling-japan-pressured-to-follow-suit/">n an effort to build consensus, the chair person of the conference <A target="_blank" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7470353.stm">urged for there to be little debate</A> and no voting at the meeting this year. The goal is to “pay it forward,” and use any additional good will that is created this year at next year’s meeting with the hope that more can be accomplished.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ecoworldly.com/2008/06/24/chile-declares-permanent-ban-on-whaling-japan-pressured-to-follow-suit/">Whale meat is sold by some grocery stores and restaurants in Japan, and is considered a delicacy.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ecoworldly.com/2008/06/24/chile-declares-permanent-ban-on-whaling-japan-pressured-to-follow-suit/"><A target="_blank" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/7604425">according to <EM>The Guardian</EM></A>, demand is declining</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/5549E8EE-BCB1-43BA-8658-FB57C2481E25/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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