捕鲸国家在澳大利亚霍巴特举行的国际捕鲸委员会会议上，阻挠了建立南大西洋广阔鲸鱼保护区长达28年的运动。作为该提案的主要支持者，巴西表示，尽管遭遇挫折，仍将继续推动建立该保护区。
Pro-whaling nations blocked a 28-year campaign to create a vast whale sanctuary in the South Atlantic at an International Whaling Commission meeting in Hobart, Australia. Brazil, the proposal's lead backer, said it would continue pushing for the sanctuary despite the setback.
在澳大利亚霍巴特开会的国际捕鲸委员会（IWC）成员国，否决了一项旨在建立覆盖南大西洋鲸鱼保护区的长期提案。此次投票终结了支持者坚持了28年的最新尝试，因为捕鲸国家再次拒绝提供批准所需的支持。
Member nations of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), meeting in Hobart, Australia, blocked a long-standing proposal to establish a whale sanctuary covering the South Atlantic Ocean. The vote ended the latest attempt in a campaign backers have pursued for 28 years, as pro-whaling nations once again withheld the support needed for approval.
作为保护区提案的主要支持者，巴西表示，尽管霍巴特会议结果不利，仍将继续推动该保护区的设立。该计划的支持者认为，专门的保护区将保护南大西洋沿南美洲和非洲海域的鲸鱼种群及其迁徙路线，使其免受商业捕鲸活动的影响。
Brazil, the lead backer of the sanctuary proposal, said it would continue pushing for the designation despite the outcome in Hobart. Supporters of the plan argue that a dedicated sanctuary would shield whale populations and their migration routes across South Atlantic waters bordering South America and Africa from commercial whaling activity.
这一结果延续了国际捕鲸委员会内部长期存在的分歧，一方是主张扩大鲸鱼保护的成员国，另一方是维护商业或科学捕鲸利益的成员国。巴西未给出何时将南大西洋保护区提案重新提交委员会表决的时间表。观察人士表示，无论霍巴特会议结果如何，这种分歧很可能在未来的国际捕鲸委员会会议上再次浮现。
The result extends a long-running divide inside the IWC between member nations favoring expanded whale protections and those preserving commercial or scientific whaling interests. Brazil gave no timeline for when it might bring the South Atlantic sanctuary proposal back before the commission for another vote. Observers said the disagreement was likely to resurface at future IWC meetings regardless of the outcome in Hobart.