Through persistent advocacy and international pressure, the 'Save the Whales' movement culminated in the International Whaling Commission (IWC) voting for a moratorium on commercial whaling in 1982, which took effect in 1986, drastically reducing global whale kills.
Impact: High. This moratorium was a monumental victory for conservation, reducing annual whale deaths from approximately 80,000 to just over 1,200 (including indigenous subsistence whaling) by 2023.
In the source video, this keypoint occurs from 00:30:03 to 00:33:14.
Sources in support: Josh (Host), Chuck (Host)

