2002

January
Species:Minke Whales
Event:Organised Killing
By:Japan
Action:Antarctic Research until April
News:Australia confronts Japanese whalers
February
Species:Humpback Whales
Event:Sanctioned Harvest
By:Bequia
Action:None
News:Caribbean countries defend whaling
March
April
May
Species:Minke Whales
Event:Organised Killing
By:Norway
Action:Annual Slaughter
News:Norway Criticised on Eve of Norway Day Festival

Species:Minke Whales
Event:Organised Killing
By:Japan
Action:Annual N.Western Pacific Research
News:Nations Condemn Japans Whaling Plans

Species:Gray Whales
Event:Organised Killing
By:U.S.A. Makah Indians
Action:Annual Slaughter
News:Tribe ready to hunt whales

Species:Minke & Fin Whales
Event:Sanctioned Harvest
By:Greenland
Action:Annual Slaughter
News:Killer whales 'illegally slaughtered'
June
Species:Gray Whales
Event:Sanctioned Harvest
By:Russian Chukotka Natives
Action:Annual Slaughter until October
News:Chukotka seek bigger quotas for whale catches
July
Species:Bowhead Whales
Event:Sanctioned Harvest
By:Canadian Inuit Tribe
Action:Annual Slaughter
News:Toxic Arctic whales pass poisons on to Inuit
August
September
Species:Pilot Whales
Event:Organised Killing
By:Faroe Islands (Danish)
Action:Annual Slaughter
News:Faroe Whale Survey banned in British Waters
October
Species:Gray Whales
Event:Organised Killing
By:U.S.A. Makah Indians
Action:Annual Slaughter
News:Makah Tribe Plans Whale Hunt
November
Species:Dall's Porpoise
Event:Organised Killing
By:Japan
Action:Drive Fishery
News:Japan begins Porpoise Hunt

Species:Minke Whales
Event:Organised Killing
By:Japan
Action:Antarctic Research until April
News:Whalers set sail
December

Month ? - Common & Bottlenose Dolphins killed by fishermen in Venezuela.

Month ? - Striped Dolphins killed in Italian Drift-nets in the Bay of Biscay.

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