Panama City, Panama—The International Whaling Commission (IWC) has unfortunately approved a request by the United States for an aboriginal subsistence whaling (ASW) quota for the Makah Tribe of ...

(Adds upcoming Japan proposal) By Daisuke Wakabayashi and Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 29 (Reuters) - The International Whaling Commission renewed a five-year whaling quote for indigenous ...

The International Whaling Commission on Wednesday cast a rare strong vote in favor of whale hunting -- but strictly for small subsistence hunts undertaken by some communities, mostly in the Arctic.

In a vote on Monday, the International Whaling Commission decided to increase the quota for Greenland’s aboriginal whaling. Dr. Bernard Unti, a member of Humane Society International’s IWC strategic ...

Nations that oppose whale hunting thwarted a bid by Greenland on Thursday to raise its annual aboriginal hunting quota by 10 humpbacks, deeply polarizing pro- and anti-whaling lobbies. Member nations ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 29 (Reuters) - A five-year whaling quota for indigenous people in the United States and Russia was renewed by an international whaling body on Tuesday, allowing Native Alaskans ...