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JAPAN’S PRIME MINISTER WANTS WHALING TO RESUME IN THE ANTARCTIC
JAPAN SEEKS TO IGNORE ICJ RULING AGAINST WHALING. Japan’s prime minister told parliament on Monday he would boost his efforts toward restarting commercial whaling, despite a top UN court’s order that Tokyo must stop killing whales in the Antarctic. Shinzo Abe’s comments put him firmly on a collision course with anti-whaling groups, who had hoped...
WHALE POO – WHY IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT
Whale Poo Sustains Fish Stocks Featured Research June 6, 2014 Although it has been argued that whales might be responsible for the depletion of fish stocks through predation, scientists have shown that their defecation in fact provides nutrients for other prey fish.2h AsianScientist (Jun 6, 2014) – Far from being a threat to fisheries, new...
JAPANESE WHALE WATCH OPERATORS PROMOTE WATCHING NOT SLAUGHTER
Japanese tourism operators to promote whale and dolphin watching as alternative to whaling by Tom Maddocks and wires Updated Fri 6 Jun 2014, 11:03am AEST Photo: The new head of the Japan Whale Dolphin Council Kotoe Sasamori at the first meeting of the group in Tokyo. (AFP: Yoshikazu Tsuno) Map: Japan Tourism operators in Japan...
JAPAN MOVES WITH IWC HELP TO START WHALING AGAIN IN ANTARCTICA
This report comes from our friends in the Buenos Aires Group From 12 to 24 May the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) met in Bled, Slovenia. This is the only IWC Committee that meets annually after the Commission agreed to in 2012 to conduct their plenary assemblies every two years, showing the...
CAPTIVE ORCAS – SOME US CONGRESS MEMBERS WALK THE TALK
May 29, 2014 – (CNN) – Over three dozen members of Congress want the government to ensure the humane treatment of orca whales and other marine animals in captivity, following an outcry sparked by the documentary “Blackfish.” The letter, released Thursday and signed by 37 Democrats and one Republican to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, cites...
JAPANESE WHALING FLEET TO NORTH PACIFIC POSTPONED
JAPANESE WHALING FLEET TO NORTHWEST PACIFIC POSTPONED Whaling Advocate Wants Obama Served Whale Meat (Sankei Shimbun, Japan) “While Former Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Toshihiro Nikai boldly suggested, ‘I want to see whale meat on the table at the state dinner for President Obama’ … Ultimately, the government decided that it wasn’t wise to...
JAPAN’S WHALING FLEET TO HEAD OUT TO NORTH PACIFIC IN DAYS
SHARE THIS Japanese whaling fleet set to sail despite recent ruling By Yoko Wakatsuki and Sophie Brown, CNN April 25, 2014 — Updated 0355 GMT (1155 HKT) This file photos shows a minke whale being unloaded at a port during a whale hunt for scientific purposes in Kushiro, Hokkaido. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Japan will proceed with...
CANADA TAKES HUMPBACK WHALES OFF THREATENED SPECIES LIST
Why was the humpback whale taken off the ‘threatened species’ list? By Stephen Leahy | April 24, 2014 This week the federal government was legally obligated to establish protected habitat for threatened North Pacific humpback whales. Instead the Harper government suddenly moved to take the humpback off the “threatened species” list. That would eliminate the...
JAPANESE PEOPLE SUPPORT WHALE HUNT
60% of Japanese support whale hunt; 14% eat whalemeat, survey shows National Apr. 23, 2014 – 07:01AM JST ( 64 ) A handout picture taken by Japan’s Institute of Cetacean Research (ICR) in 2013 shows a Bryde’s whale on the deck of a Japanese whaling ship AFP TOKYO — Sixty percent of Japanese people support...