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Summarizes the final press release from the May 2002 annual conference of the International Whaling Commission held in Shimonoseki, Japan. The release records objections by pro-whaling countries such as Norway & Iceland; describes current & proposed commercial whaling regulations & the impact of moratoriums; addresses the catch-limit concerns of tribal whalers in Greenland, Siberia, & Alaska; & briefly remarks on the controversy over Japanese scientific research. K. Coddon