n for research, and the 94' season saw 411 animals with an additional 178 for ,you guessed it, research. Norway continues to whale against the recommendations of the IWC, Greenpeace and every other organization that tracks Cetacean population levels. At the time this paper was created there were no totals for the 1995 season, but if the numbers follow the trend of the past three seasons, the catch is guaranteed to be higher than that of the 1994 season. That could mean the deaths of over 600 minke whales. Regardless of the side one takes, it is becoming evident that some thing must be done before this problem becomes too large to handle. Possible Solutions This debate has gone on for many years and in all likelihood will go on for many more, with no end in sight some solutions must be found in order to reach some kind of settlement or compromise. Some of these solutions might include. 1. A complete and total ban on all whaling, commercial and scientific, with economic sanctions for non compliant countries and denial, or termination, of membership from the League of Nations. 2. A rewritten ICRW with no exit clause, and penalties for abstaining from voting on IWC referendums. 3. A stronger revitalized version of the IWC with the full authority of the League of Nations to impose penalties or sanctions on poachers and other violators, in order to main...
