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Resolution 1995-1

Document type
Resolution
Reference number
1995-1
Date
May 29, 1995
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Status
Adopted
Subject
Wild species & ecosystems, Sea
Treaty
International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (Dec 2, 1946)
Meeting
47th Meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC47)
Website
crm.iwc.int
Abstract

RECALLING that at its 38th Annual Meeting the Commission adopted a proposal to urge the Danish Government to encourage the Faroese Government to make every effort to minimise the use of the gaff and spear, killing from boats and to further reduce the number of authorised bays so as to limit the hunt to those bays where pilot whales may be killed in a more humane manner in the Faroes pilot whale drive hunt;

NOTING that concern has been expressed about the welfare aspects of the hunt; WELCOMING the ban subsequently introduced by the Government of the Faroe Islands on the use of the spear and the harpoon; NOTING that the Government of the Faroe Islands has given information on the killing methods and performance in the drive hunt to the technical discussions in the 1992 and 1995 Workshops on whale killing methods;

NOW THEREFORE the Commission:

WELCOMES the action by the Government of the Faroe Islands in providing information to the 1995 Workshop on whale killing methods and, in particular, the information that the Government of the Faroe Islands is considering introducing alternatives to the gaff;

ENCOURAGES the Government of the Faroe Islands to continue its work in introducing alternatives to the gaff, monitoring the performance in the drive hunt and introducing training programmes in killing methods with a view to reducing times to death, and sharing information from the drive hunt with contracting governments and future technical Workshops on whale killing methods.