IWC rejects Japan local whaling bid, Iceland walks out

IWC rejects Japan local whaling bid, Iceland walks out

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - Heated debate continues on the second day of the five-day annual plenary meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on May 21. The IWC voted down Japan's proposal that its four local whaling communities be allowed to catch 50 minke whales, and Iceland walked out of the meeting after a majority of IWC members on Monday voted down the country's bid to rejoin the body because of its reservation against the 1982 moratorium on commercial whaling.

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