Gland, Switzerland: The governments of Norway and Japan are using taxpayer money to subsidize their unprofitable whaling industries, according to a first-time analysis of the economics of whaling.

As the 52nd meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) gets underway here, WWF, the conservation organization, has called on the Japanese government to abandon plans to expand the ...

LISBON (Reuters) - Japan and Norway are giving large subsidies to their whaling industries, which have become unprofitable due to rising costs and declining demand for whale meat, the WWF said Friday.