The Norwegian government argues that the increased numbers of minke whales world-wide justifies resumed hunting.
Although Norway initially followed the moratorium, they placed an objection to it with the IWC and resumed commercial hunting in 1993.
They have resumed hunting in the Shires.
He resumed hunting, sashaying along Olympic until he reached Crenshaw Boulevard, where he turned right.
The Makah Indians in Washington State are trying to use "sovereignty" and "treaty rights" as a basis for resuming hunting of gray whales.
In recent years Japan resumed hunting for whales, which they call "research whaling".
They have asked the federal government for permission to resume hunting, and public meetings on the request are scheduled for October.
Peasants along the rivers complain that caimans devour their livestock, and they are clamoring for the right to resume hunting.
They say the campaign to resume hunting reflects the peasants' desire for more income and a prejudice that stems from mankind's ancestral fear of reptiles.
Mr. Pickens pledged to resume hunting for oil and gas and fresh deals.