Only three countries - Japan, Iceland and Norway - actively carry out whaling, but the pro-whaling countries now command the majority within the International Whaling Commission, IWC.

• 起因为目前虽然仅有日本、爱尔兰和挪威3个国家从事捕鲸，但国际捕鲸委员会（IWC）中多数的成员皆支持捕鲸行为。