The Australian Government welcomes the International Whaling Commission's rejection of a proposal to overturn the global moratorium on commercial whaling. The Commission also rejected attempts to weaken its decision-making rules and establish catch-limits for commercial whaling.
The Australian Government worked hard with partner countries in the Commission to achieve this outcome. Our delegation's strong advocacy was successful in having the Japanese proposal to resume whaling rejected, following intense lobbying of member nations and non-government representatives from many parts of the world.
Australia was one of just three countries, out of the total 75 nations present, to send a ministerial representative to the conference.
Media release: International Whaling Commission rejects proposal to resume commercial whaling