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...
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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...
FOSSIL FUELS KILLING PLANET EARTH
Fossil Fuels Driving Global Weather Posted: 04/18/2014 8:27 pm EDT Updated: 04/20/2014 10:59 pm EDT Print Article Dr. Reese HalterBroadcaster, Conservation Biologist, Educator Atmospheric scientists have discovered there is so much toxic Asian air pollution from burning fossil fuels that it’s now changing global weather patterns. Are you concerned about the immense pollution being belched...
JAPAN PLANS TO RESUME WHALING – NO SURPRISE
Asia Pacific NEW YORK TIMES Japan Plans to Resume Whaling Program, With Changes to Address Court Concerns By MARTIN FACKLERAPRIL 18, 2014 Photo A Japanese whaling vessel. Earlier this month, Japan canceled this year’s hunt after a ruling by the International Court of Justice in The Hague. Credit Kyodo News, via Associated Press Continue reading...
JAPANESE PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE VOTES TO KEEP WHALING
Japan politicians defiant despite whaling ban – Aljazeera. l7 April, 2014 Parliamentary committee unanimously passes a resolution urging the government to continue whaling, weeks after ICJ ban. A Japanese parliamentary committee has unanimously passed a resolution urging the government to investigate all options to continue whaling, including “walking out of the (international whaling) convention”. The 40-strong fisheries...