Calendar of Marine Mammal (whaling) Events

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January
Species:	Minke Whales
Event:	Organised Killing
By:	Japan
Action:	Antarctic Research until April
News:	Australia confronts Japanese whalers

February
Species:	Minke Whales
Event:	Organised Killing
By:	Japan
Action:	Antarctic Research until April
News:	Australia confronts Japanese whalers

Species:	Humpback Whales
Event:	Sanctioned Harvest
By:	Bequia
Action:	None
News:	Caribbean countries defend whaling

March
Species:	Minke Whales
Event:	Organised Killing
By:	Japan
Action:	Antarctic Research until April
News:	Australia confronts Japanese whalers

April
Species:	Minke Whales
Event:	Organised Killing
By:	Japan
Action:	Antarctic Research
News:	Australia confronts Japanese whalers

May
Species:	Minke & Fin Whales
Event:	Sanctioned Harvest
By:	Greenland
Action:	Annual Slaughter
News:	Killer whales 'illegally slaughtered'

Species:	Minke Whales
Event:	Organised Killing
By:	Norway
Action:	Annual Slaughter
News:	Norway Criticised on Eve of Norway Day

Species:	Baird's Beaked Whales
Event:	Organised Killing
By:	Japan
Action:	Coastal Whaling to end of June
News:	Coastal Whale Hunting Season Opens

Species:	Minke, Sei, Baird's & Sperm Whales
Event:	Organised Killing
By:	Japan
Action:	Annual N.Western Pacific Research
News:	Nations Condemn Japans Whaling Plans

June
Species:	Gray Whales
Event:	Sanctioned Harvest
By:	Russian Chukotka Natives
Action:	Annual Slaughter until October
News:	Chukotka seek bigger quotas for catches

Species:	Minke Whales
Event:	Organised Killing
By:	Norway
Action:	Annual Slaughter
News:	Norway Criticised on Eve of Norway Day

Species:	Baird's Beaked Whales
Event:	Organised Killing
By:	Japan
Action:	Coastal Whaling to end of June
News:	Coastal Whale Hunting Season Opens

Species:	Minke, Sei, Baird's & Sperm Whales
Event:	Organised Killing
By:	Japan
Action:	Annual N.Western Pacific Research
News:	Nations Condemn Japans Whaling Plans

July
Species:	Gray Whales
Event:	Sanctioned Harvest
By:	Russian Chukotka Natives
Action:	Annual Slaughter until October
News:	Chukotka seek bigger quotas for catches

Species:	Minke Whales
Event:	Organised Killing
By:	Norway
Action:	Annual Slaughter
News:	Norway Criticised on Eve of Norway Day

Species:	Bowhead Whales
Event:	Sanctioned Harvest
By:	Canadian Inuit Tribe
Action:	Annual Slaughter
News:	Toxic whales pass poisons to Inuit

Species:	Minke, Sei, Baird's & Sperm Whales
Event:	Organised Killing
By:	Japan
Action:	Annual N.Western Pacific Research
News:	Nations Condemn Japans Whaling Plans

August
Species:	Gray Whales
Event:	Sanctioned Harvest
By:	Russian Chukotka Natives
Action:	Annual Slaughter until October
News:	Chukotka seek bigger quotas for catches

Species:	Minke Whales
Event:	Organised Killing
By:	Norway
Action:	Annual Slaughter
News:	Norway Criticised on Eve of Norway Day

September
Species:	Gray Whales
Event:	Sanctioned Harvest
By:	Russian Chukotka Natives
Action:	Annual Slaughter until October
News:	Chukotka seek bigger quotas for catches

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:	Sanctioned Harvest
By:	Russian Chukotka Natives
Action:	Annual Slaughter until end October
News:	Chukotka seek bigger quotas for catches

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

Species:	Dall's Porpoise
Event:	Organised Killing
By:	Japan
Action:	Drive Fishery
News:	Japan begins Porpoise Hunt

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

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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