SEATTLE, June 4 (UPI) -- U.S. officials say the Makah Indian Tribe is seeking federal permission to continue limited hunting of eastern North Pacific gray whales.
TOKYO, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- Anti-whaling activists chased Japanese ships in Antarctic waters and the crew of one Japanese vessel held two protesters who jumped aboard.
MELBOURNE, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Greenpeace reportedly has chased Japan's whaling ships out of their hunting ground.
TOKYO, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- A top Japanese government official said the country is suspending humpback whaling during reform talks at the International Whaling Commission.
BASSETERRE, Saint Kitts and Nevis, June 19 (UPI) -- A coalition of pro-whaling nations scored a key victory at a meeting of the International Whaling Commission in the British West Indies.
TOKYO, June 14 (UPI) -- Japan may win its long campaign for relaxed whaling rules when its allies take over the majority of the International Whaling Commission, it was reported.
CAMBRIDGE, England, June 2 (UPI) -- Japan and Norway, both supporters of commercial whaling, could take control of the International Whaling Commission at its next meeting, a report said. Japan reportedly has convinced 19 Caribbean and West African countries to join the commission.
TOKYO, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- Japanese government officials say their nation's whaling fleet is operating only for research purposes, in accordance with international rules.
ULSAN, South Korea, June 21 (UPI) -- The International Whaling Commission Tuesday voted down Japan's plan to reintroduce commercial whaling with better supervision.
BERLIN, June 14 (UPI) -- Japan and Norway will press for the lifting of a moratorium on whaling when the International Whaling Commission begins its annual meeting Monday, NewScientist.
