The outgoing chair of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) has suggested whale conservation could benefit from ending the commercial hunting ban.

Dr William Hogarth's remarks came at the end of this year's IWC meeting, which saw pro- and anti-whaling nations agree to further compromise talks.

A Greenpeace spokesman said the moratorium had to stay intact.

The meeting deferred a decision on a controversial bid from Greenland to add humpback whales to its annual hunt.

The Greenland Inuit are one of the indigenous peoples granted hunting quotas because they are deemed to need whalemeat.

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