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Environment
Nick Wilson

'Not all good news' amid whale conservation anniversary

Some 50,000 humpback whales have been making their annual voyage to feeding grounds in Antarctica. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

Forty years on from an international moratorium on commercial whaling, the global community is meeting to consider new, unforeseen threats.

The International Whaling Commission's 70th meeting began on Monday at Hobart, with delegates from some 63 member nations in attendance.

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