Contents

1. Introduction
2. Japan's attempt to ´normalize´the IWC
3. The Pew Whale Symposia
4. The Gordian Knot
5. Normalizing VS. Modernizing
6. Conclusion

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6. Conclusion

IWC member States should be congratulated for speaking to each other in the last 20 months, as opposed to speaking at each other as they have done in the last 20 years.

There is however still enough power at each end of the pro/anti-whaling spectrum to block change.  Unless each “side” makes an effort to show respect for the position of the other, more and more whales are likely to be taken each year in the absence of any international agreement, and concern will continue to increase.