Freitag, 16. April 2010
Although Germany and the European Union have been fighting within CITES for more than nine years for better protection for the porbeagle shark and spiny dogfish, yet again there was a crushing defeat. The majority of the 188-country-strong Convention categorically quashed the inclusion of these two endangered shark species on Appendix II at its 15th [...]
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Samstag, 19. Dezember 2009
Dear members, dear friends,
on behalf of the Society for the Conservation of Marine Mammals (GSM) we would like to thank you for your enduring support, without which non of our work would be possible.
Please find below our christmas card which was painted by our member Rüdiger Strempel.
We wish you and your families a merry Christmas and [...]
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Freitag, 11. Dezember 2009
“Well, if it helps to prolong my period in office…,” her Excellency, the Governor General of Canada, Ms Michaëlle Jean, may have thought as her well-manicured hand reached for a big knife. It was almost as if she wanted to prove that there is nothing, but absolutely nothing that politicians will shrink back from to [...]
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Sonntag, 6. Dezember 2009
I a letter to the Japanese minister of the Consumer Affairs Agency Ms. Mizuho Fukushima and the Japanese ambassador to Germany Dr. Takahiro Shinyo the Society for the Conservation of Marine Mammals (GSM) has pointed out the results of scientific studies concerning the poisonousness of whale meat.
The Japanese government was asked to act upon this [...]
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Freitag, 27. November 2009
Press Release: 24th November 2009
A worldwide alliance of environmental and consumer organisations today called on the Japan’s new government to take urgent action to stop the hunt of toothed cetaceans and ban the sale of contaminated whale, dolphin and porpoise products for human consumption in Japan.
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Letter to the [...]
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Donnerstag, 8. Oktober 2009
In a letter to the chairmen of the IWC (International Whaling Commission), 36 NGOs, including GSM Germany and GSM Denmark, express their concern about whaling in Iceland and Iceland’s desired accession to the European Union (EU). Full letter (PDF)
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Freitag, 5. Juni 2009
Controversial negotiations notwithstanding, the 9th Meeting of the Parties of the Bonn Convention on Migratory Species, held in Rome, Italy, from 1 – 5 December 2008, is sending a positive signal for sharks. Two species of mako sharks, the spiny dogfish and the porbeagle are now listed in Appendix 2 of the Convention. While this [...]
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Donnerstag, 5. Februar 2009
Brussels 05.02.09: The Shark Alliance is celebrating today’s release of the European Commission’s Plan of Action for the Conservation of Sharks which sets the stage for sweeping improvements in European Union (EU) shark fishing and protection policies. The Plan aims to improve information about shark fisheries, end shark overfishing, pay special attention to [...]
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Donnerstag, 18. Dezember 2008
Quickborn, Dec. 18., 2008 – The name of the Japanese city Taiji conjures up horrific images. It has a world wide reputation for intentional animal torture, for hypocrasy, distortion of information and the wholesale slaughter of dolphins, which represents a threat to the survival of the species.
In early December a new season [...]
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Sonntag, 14. Dezember 2008
Norway will kill fewer whales. Having increased their whaling quota year after year, in 2009 it will decrease it by 16 percent. 885 animals instead of 1052, in the previous year.
Why this sudden change in policy? Oslo cites bureaucratic reasons, but this can be seen differently, according to Petra Deimer, Chair person of [...]
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