Greenland: Humpback Whales Are Deemed Eligible for Hunting

The International Whaling Commission on Friday authorized Greenland’s native population to hunt a few humpback whales for the next three years, expanding the list of species the Greenlanders are allowed to kill under the license of subsistence hunting. In another disappointment for conservationists, the commission ended its annual meeting in Morocco with no decision on whether to authorize limited hunting for profit to curb unrestrained killing in the most sensitive oceans.