297. In other developments, the Second Meeting of Parties to the Agreement on Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas (ASCOBANS), held at Bonn from 17 to 19 November 1997, stated that one of the most important issues facing parties was the need to bring about a reduction in the numbers of small cetaceans caught incidentally by fishery activities.

Exceptions to this rule include the Indian Ocean and Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuaries, which have been established by the International Whaling Commission.

It also considered whale killing methods, animal welfare issues and aboriginal subsistence whaling scientific permits socio economic implications and small type whaling and biological impacts of whale watching on whales.

It therefore, on the one hand, denied a request by Japan for an interim relief allocation of 50 minke whales by coastal community based whaling and, on the other, called upon Norway to halt all whaling activities in areas under its national jurisdiction.

These treaties establish the freedom of navigation and fisheries, excluding the 10 mile coastal zone, where fisheries are reserved for the ships of the coastal State.

As to the management of small cetaceans, IWC adopted a resolution concerning directed takes of white whales and encouraged a precautionary approach to their management.

293. Catch limits for commercial and for aboriginal subsistence whaling, humane killing of whales, objectives of the Southern Ocean Sanctuary, environmental research, management of small cetaceans and cooperation with other international organizations and the Revised Management Scheme (RMS) were the topics of discussions at the fiftieth Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), which was convened at Muscat, Oman, from 16 to 20 May 1998.

International Whaling Commission

Whales cannot be humanely killed they are too large, and even with an explosive harpoon, it is difficult to hit the whale in the right spot. Moreover, whalers do not want to use a large amount of explosive, because that would blow the whale to pieces, while the whole point is to recover valuable oil or flesh.

And this orange line here marks the typical songs of east coast humpbacks.

Methyl mercury bio accumulates up the marine food chain to create high concentrations in predatory species of fish such as shark, swordfish and tuna, as well as marine mammals such as whales, dolphins and porpoises.

Agreement on the conservation of small cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas. New York, 17 March 1992

And I'd like to switch now from this local, familiar, coastal environment to a much broader world of the baleen whales and the open ocean.

The rapid depletion of not only large predatory fish but also associated species, such as sea turtles and cetaceans, by industrial longline fishing threaten the very existence of their ways of life.

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But what about the rest of the coast of the world, where people live and make a living out of fishing?

Its major commercial applications included coastal zone and environmental monitoring, marine navigation, offshore oil and gas operation, natural disaster mitigation and coastal and deep ocean fishing.

The various appeals launched in 2004 particularly by the International Whaling Commission, the European Parliament, and the parties to the Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas and the Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area should urgently prompt us to undertake more thorough studies and work that will allow us take the necessary measures at the regional and international levels.

So, here you see the cast. These are all of the people in The Whale Hunt and the two whales that were killed down here.

The international non governmental organization ECOTERRA monitors illegal fishing on Somalia s coastline.

It could have survived 150 years of whaling.

298. The Meeting also focused attention on the influence of pollutants on small cetaceans and decided to undertake further research on the effects of organic pollutants on cetaceans and, where appropriate, on what action was needed to be taken.

And over in these places, the Molas are caught in set nets that line these countries.

This is out at whale camp, on the Arctic Ocean.

International Whaling Commission, Cambridge, United Kingdom

It pointed out that coastal fisheries in small island developing States, once abundant, had become scarce owing to overfishing by both artisanal and small scale commercial fishing activity.

Many of the small coastal and island nations that rely on meager access fees from longline fishing averaging 2 5.5 percent are ironically destroying the very marine ecosystem that offers a longer term and less volatile source of revenue.

278. In the medium and long term, Mediterranean capture fisheries are likely to face a decrease in production of demersal fish and small pelagics such as anchovy, as well as a competition for resources from other users of the coastal zone.

They beached me like a harpooned baby whale... and started to check the damage... just for the record.

(d) To integrate information derived from ERS 1 into coastal zone management models.

Why, inside the whale at the bottom of the sea.

The first such one is called The Whale Hunt.

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B. Fragile ecozones small island States, coastal areas

These were the men of the whaleship Essex, whose story would later inspire parts of Moby Dick.

He noted the same concerns regarding illegal fishing in Somalia's coastal areas.

Around 1850, one of the biggest U.S. industries was whaling.

These practices are believed to have adverse effects on the sustainable development and conservation of fishery resources, economies and food security of coastal States, particularly developing coastal States.

1. Subcommittee on Oceans and Coastal Areas of the Administrative Committee on Coordination

The first offshore wells were called whales.

Dolphins and toothed whales use echolocation.

At the same time, decreasing catches forced small scale fishermen to increase the size of their vessels and fish farther from shore.

This is the whaling camp here, we're about six miles from shore, camping on five and a half feet of thick, frozen pack ice.

42. Leaders recalled their support in 1993 for the International Whaling Commission s moratorium on commercial whaling and the proposal to establish a Southern Ocean Sanctuary.

15. In its submission of 29 June 1998, Cape Verde informed the Secretary General that it had no industrial fishing fleet and that its vessels, because of their small size, were not engaged in high seas fishing with large pelagic drift nets.