The World - News from June 15, 1986

The International Whaling Commission’s annual meeting has failed to agree on a worldwide ban on commercial whale hunting but set some rules to restrain scientific whaling. The 41-nation commission, ending a weeklong conference in Malmo, Sweden, was divided between countries favoring conservation--led by the United States--and those undertaking whaling--led by Norway. In a move to limit Iceland’s commercial whaling profits, the commision adopted a resolution calling for whale products culled for scientific purposes to be consumed “primarily” locally. Iceland uses a scientific permit to hunt the protected Minke whale.