12/18/2017
Wellington The European Union and 12 other nations condemned Japan's Antarctic whaling programme today, rejecting Tokyo's argument that the annual slaughter is for scientific research. Japan's whaling fleet left for the Southern Ocean last month, planning to kill 333 minke whales over a four-month ...
Japan's whaling fleet which left for the Southern Ocean in November, plans to kill 333 minke whales over a four-month period. The fisheries agency claim the hunt is required to examine whale behavior and biology, but critics have argued that the lethal research is unnecessary and acts as a cover for ...
The ban on commercial whale fishing around the world has existed since 1986, but Japan has the right to catch whales for research purposes. Japanese Whaling Fleet. This is of concern to a number of countries that believe that Japan catches hundreds of whales and sells their meat in the domestic ...
The international community has denounced Japan's Antarctic whaling program for not complying with the IWC rulings and called on Tokyo to halt the hunting. Japan allegedly seeks to study whale behavior and biology, and set forth a plan last month to kill 333 minke whales over a four-month period.
Japan's whaling fleet left for the Southern Ocean last month, planning to kill 333 minke whales over a four-month period. While its fisheries agency has cited that the hunt is needed to study whale behaviour and biology, critics have called their 'lethal research' unnecessary, saying that this acts as a cover ...
The European Union was joined by 12 other nations in its call for Japan to end its whaling programme, stating that it is “resolutely opposed” to commercial whaling. Japan is a signatory to the International Whaling Commission's (IWC) moratorium on whale hunting, but Tokyo continues to hunt the ...
The international community has condemned Japan's current whaling mission, and questioned the reason it has stated for plans to kill 333 minke whales in the Southern Ocean this year. The European Union was joined by 12 other nations in its call for Japan to end its whaling programme, stating that it ...
Japan's whaling fleet left for the Southern Ocean last month, planning to kill 333 minke whales over a four-month period. Its fisheries agency says the hunt is needed to study whale behavior and biology, but critics say such lethal research is unnecessary and acts as a cover for commercial whaling.
“[We] jointly express... opposition to Japan's continued so-called 'scientific' whaling in the Southern Ocean,” the EU and its allies said in a statement. “We remain resolutely opposed to commercial whaling, in particular in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary established by the International Whaling ...
12/17/2017
Japan's whaling fleet left for the Southern Ocean last month, planning to kill 333 minke whales over a four-month period. Its fisheries agency says the hunt is needed to study whale behaviour and biology, but critics say such lethal research is unnecessary and acts as a cover for commercial whaling.
The European Union and 12 other nations condemned Japan's Antarctic whaling programme Monday, rejecting Tokyo's argument that the annual slaughter is for scientific research. Japan's whaling fleet left for the Southern Ocean last month, planning to kill 333 minke whales over a four-month period.