Cetacean Society International
Cetacean Issues
This page is primarily an index of some of the articles that have appeared
in our newsletter, Whales Alive!, organized by the major issues that
CSI deals with:
- Whale and Dolphin Hunting
- Dolphin-Safe Tuna
- Captivity
- Noise in the Oceans
- Whale Watching
- Other Human Impacts on Cetaceans
- Research and Education
Whale and Dolphin Hunting
- April 2008: Dark Days Ahead for Whales?
- April 2008: The Big Meeting That Wasn't
- January 2008: The Makah Whale Kill: Is there any light shining from such a dark moment?
- January 2008: Peggy Oki's "Homage to Megaptera"
- January 2008: Japan, the US and the IWC
- October 2007: "An act of savage disobedience": Makah Whaler Defines His Illegal Hunt
- October 2007: Dolphins Killed in Brazil; You Can Help Stop It
- October 2007: New York City: Saving Dolphins
- October 2007: Boston Dolphin Day Protest
- July 2007: UN Law of the Sea Treaty Resurfaces
- July 2007: A Wild Meeting: CITES Maintains The Ban On Trade In Whale Products, But Not Without A Fight
- July 2007: Origami Whale Curtain
- July 2007: Of Whales and Reindeer: The 59th Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission
- April 2007: Whale Symposium in New York
- April 2007: UK Anti-Whaling Initiative
- April 2007: Countdown to the IWC Meeting in May
- January 2007: Whaling Update: Higher Quotas and Additional Species Targeted
- October 2006: Trading Away The Whales' Future
- October 2006: Whaling Update
- October 2006: Japan's Dolphin Drives
- July 2006: Whale Wars and Caribbean Breezes
- April 2006: A Whaling Prelude to St. Kitts
- January 2006: Cetacean Killing Continues
- January 2006: The Buenos Aires Declaration
- October 2005: Makah Whaling
- October 2005: Whaling
- October 2005: Protest Against Japan's Dolphin Slaughter
- July 2005: Whales Win Again - Just Barely: A Report from the 57th Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission
- April 2005: Contaminated Dolphin Meat In Japan
- April 2005: Makah Whaling
- April 2005: More As The IWC Looms
- April 2005: High Stakes At The IWC
- January 2005: Dolphin Drives in Japan
- January 2005: What Do We Do About The RMS?
- October 2004: CITES Meeting In October
- October 2004: CSI On The Frontline For Whales: A Report from the 56th Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission
- July 2004: Whaling Update and the IWC
- April 2004: Troubled Waters: The Cruelty of Whaling
- April 2004: Looking Forward To The IWC Annual Meeting In July
- October 2003: Iceland and Whales
- October 2003: Iceland Resumes Whaling
- July 2003: IWC 55: The Conservation Evolution
- April 2003: It's a Wonder the International Whaling Commission Survives
- April 2003: Makah Whaling
- January 2003: Makah Whaling Stopped, For Now
- January 2003: CITES 2002 Conference: CSI Was There
- October 2002: Killing and Eating Whales and Dolphins
- July 2002: The 2002 IWC Annual Meeting
- April 2002: Stop the Russian Beluga Exploitation
- April 2002: IWC: A Challenging Meeting on the Horizon
- January 2002: Japanese Whaling and the IWC
- October 2001: IWC 2001
- July 2001: Protest Against Talbots in Boston
- July 2001: The IWC: The Fate of the Whales in the Balance
- July 2001: The Moral Imperative For Whale Protection
- April 2001: Hardy Jones Investigates Fishing Villages Of Japan, April 2001
- April 2001: Why Whales?
- April 2001: Dolphins Saved from Norwegian Harpoons
- April 2001: Whaling Update
- January 2001: Japan, Norway, and the Pressure to Resume Commercial Whaling
- January 2001: CSI OPPOSES PROPOSED IWC RMS: Don't Legalize Whale Slaughter for Money
- October 2000: Japan: Making a Science of Killing Conservation Efforts
- October 2000: Stop Japan's Slaughter of the Great Sperm Whale
- July 2000: Makah Whaling: Appeal Wins
- July 2000: CITES: A Whale of a Confrontation!
- July 2000: 24 U.S. Senators Condemn Japan's Renewed Whaling
- July 2000: Bad News for Whales at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission
- April 2000: CITES Meeting in Kenya
- January 2000: CITES Update
- October 1999: Makah Whaling Also A Political Issue
- October 1999: Status Review Of Gray Whales
- July 1999: Update on CITES
- July 1999: 51st International Whaling Commission Meeting, May 1999
- July 1999: Gray Whale Killed By Makah, CSI Backs Counter-Initiative
- January 1999: Makah Whaling: A Tangled Web
- October 1998: "Peace to the Whales"
- October 1998: Makah Whaling
- July 1998: Makah Whaling Update
- July 1998: Whales And CITES: No "Trade-offs", Please!
- July 1998: The International Whaling Commission at 50
- April 1998: On To Oman: The 1998 IWC Meeting
- January 1998: Passamaquoddy Harbor Porpoise Hunting
- January 1998: CSI Supports Lawsuit Opposing Makah Whaling
- January 1998: The 1997 IWC Meeting and Beyond: The Turmoil Continues
- October 1997: Australian Task Force Report: Powerful Anti-Whaling Stand Jeopardized by Key Recommendation
- October 1997: On the Soviet Whaling Falsification, 1947-1972
- October 1997: Turmoil At The IWC - A Test Of Wills
- July 1997: Australian Whaling Report Completed
- July 1997: CITES: A Whale of a Meeting
- April 1997: CSI Commends Clinton for Taking Action Against Canada over Bowhead Issue
- April 1997: Australian Task Force Preparing Report on How To Achieve Permanent Ban on Commercial Whaling
- January 1997: The Makah Whaling Dance
- January 1997: Australia Seeking Permanent Ban on Commercial Whaling
- July 1996: The 1996 International Whaling Commission Meeting
- April 1996: Update on the International Whaling Commission
- January 1996: International Whaling Commission Update
- January 1996: CSI Opposes Whaling by the Makah
- October 1995: The Makah and "Amazing Grace"
- July 1995: A Statement of Affirmation
- July 1995: Report on 1995 IWC Meeting
Dolphin-Safe Tuna
Captivity
It is the position of Cetacean Society International that it is no longer
justifiable for cetaceans to be captured or maintained in captivity for
purposes of exhibition, research or education. There exists a moral
imperative for cetaceans in captivity to be maintained in optimal conditions
for their physical and social well-being and for efforts to be made for their
rehabilitation and release.
CSI has published a flyer on cetaceans in captivity.
Click here to look at the on-line version.
Printed copies may be obtained by contacting CSI at P.O. Box 953, Georgetown,
CT 06829 U.S.A.
Following are the articles we have published on captivity issues in
Whales Alive!:
Noise in the Oceans
The Natural Resources Defense Council has published a major
report, "Sounding the Depths: Supertankers, Sonar and the Rise
of Undersea Noise". Read the on-line version of the report on
the NRDC web site at
http://www.nrdc.org/wildlife/marine/sound/sdinx.asp.
Whale Watching
Other Human Impacts on Cetaceans
- April 2008: Robson Bight Update - No Cleanup Planned Yet
- April 2008: The Dolphin Who Saves Whales
- January 2008: Oil Spill in Robson Bight, British Columbia Whale Sanctuary
- October 2007: Sister Sanctuaries to Protect Endangered Humpback Whales at Both Ends of Migration
- October 2007: Toxic Japanese School Lunches: Assemblymen from Taiji Condemn Practice and Sound Warning
- April 2007: Not So Happy Feet: Marine Animals Are Threatened by Environmental Changes
- January 2007: Right Whales: Congress Fails to Commit Funds to Save The Species
- January 2007: Eyewitness to Extinction: The Chinese River Dolphin - Baiji - Going, Going, Gone
- October 2006: Global Warming and Whales
- April 2006: Save The Oceans - Save The Whales
- January 2006: Homework: Your Gift To Whales
- January 2006: Signs of Hope, and Concern, in the Baja Peninsula
- October 2005: Fulcrum, An Entangled Humpback
- October 2005: Right or Wrong?
- January 2005: Cetacean Strandings
- January 2005: The Continuing Dilemma of Right Whales
- July 2004: The U.S. and The Law Of The Sea
- October 2003: News From New York
- October 2003: Protecting Whales and Dolphins In The Caribbean
- July 2003: The Military's Fight to be Unaccountable for its Impact on the Environment
- April 2003: Innocents at War
- April 2003: Marine Mammal Protection Act Under Attack
- January 2003: Puget Sound Orcas
- January 2003: Dolphins On Duty
- January 2003: Happy 30th Anniversary, MMPA!
- October 2002: Who Gets the Fish?
- October 2002: Keiko and Other Whales' Tales
- October 2002: Whales Versus Nets and Boats
- July 2002: Wayward Whales, Dolphins, and NMFS
- July 2002: The War Over The MMPA
- April 2002: Meeting Dolphins and Whales: Can We Be Considerate?
- April 2002: Right Whales: There Is Hope, One Whale at a Time
- January 2002: The Challenge of Extinction
- October 2001: 1102 Is Dead
- April 2001: Four Case Studies: Issues, Struggles, And Solutions
- October 2000: Cape Cod Stranding Network, Inc. - Rescuing Marine Mammals Around the Clock
- July 2000: Caribbean Conservation
- April 1999: Baja Salt Plant Issue Heats Up
- October 1998: Mitsubishi Threatens Gray Whales
- April 1996: Update on Baja Gray Whales
Research and Education
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