Per BBC, the International Whaling Commission (IWC) has opened its annual meeting in Madeira, Portugal, with careful discussion of a compromise between pro- and anti-whaling nations. Talks began a year ago but did not progress as planned, U.S. chairman William Hogarth told BBC News.

Anti-whaling countries would like to see Japan suspend its “research” programs in the Arctic that critics believe are being used as a guise to hunt whales for consumption. Iceland has also come under criticism from anti-whaling countries for expanding its hunting numbers of the endangered fin whale. The company involved in the whaling, Hvalur hf, told BBC that there is no market for whale meat in Iceland, but because of the financial crisis they will export much of the meat to Japan.

The Twitterverse reacted with a variety of responses:

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   sharko597 (Orchard, Singapore)‘whale’ cusine launched in Tokyo as International Whaling Commission starts annual mtg http://bit.ly/FNF47 how is eating whale research!? 22 Jun 2009 from TweetDeck
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   levitatingcat (Undisclosed) Japan, Norway, and Iceland want to lift the ban on whaling: http://tinyurl.com/mjaz7e. Don’t let them! http://tinyurl.com/dnm7nw. 22 Jun 2009 from web
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   EppoNuman (The Hague, Netherlands) If whales were small children – would we still not blow Japanese whaling ships out of the water, when on their illegal killing spree?? 22 Jun 2009 from web
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   abranches (Undisclosed) I’m skeptical about a consensus solution on whaling. Japan has spent lots of time & money to get a pro-whaling coalition. Hard to let it go 22 Jun 2009 from Seesmic Desktop
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   kvltpunk (Austin, Texas) RT @aissle: “boycott” her favourite J-rock groups to protest Japan’s whaling // Giving up Malice Mizer is some serious stuff…. 22 Jun 2009 from TweetDeck
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   crisatunity (Dallas, Texas) In my heart I wish US Navy ships would sink whaling vessels, then harpoon the survivors. 22 Jun 2009 from web
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   MissJeannineW (Undisclosed) Stop the whaling and save these beautiful animals!!!!! Shame on you killers! 22 Jun 2009 from web

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