International Whaling Commission was created in 1946.
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I believe that IWC stands for International Whaling Commission.
Don't know but check online :)
Commercial Whaling has been banned since 1986 by the International Whaling commission. However, scientific whaling is allowed to strict quotas.
The International Whaling Commission is the agency responsible for introducing the ban on commercial whaling. In 1982 the commission agreed the 'The 1986 Moritoriam' which effectively banned commercial whaling from 1986, although Scientific and Aboriginal subsistence whaling is still allowed under strict quotas.
While whaling was banned by the International Whaling Commission in 1986, it is legal to kill whales for scientific purposes in some countries, such as Japan.
To prevent extinction, the International Whaling Commission introduced a ban on commercial humpback whaling in 1966.
Even though dolphins are whales, the International Whaling Commission classifies them as a small cetacean, so the same laws that govern whaling do not apply to dolphins. There are, however, numerous groups that continue to fight this.
Japan is the country most prominently involved in whaling. Japan has led an active pro-whaling movement ever since whaling was banned in 1986. Consequently it has gained the support of many other countries such as Iceland and China, but it has also promised financial aid to small, poorer nations of Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific countries if they support it in the International Whaling Commission.
Norway's Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs announced the 2013 quota would be for 1,286 minke whales. However, as in previous years, it is expected the whalers of Norway will only kill about half of the quota. Unfortunately, Norway continues to set its quotas unilaterally in direct defiance of a moratorium on all commercial whaling established by the International Whaling Commission in 1986.
International Socialist Commission ended in 1923.