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anysiaI sincerely hope that these Japanese Whalers Research Ships get sunk, or meet some other ugly fate. Stupid fuckers.. stupid fuckers!
Japan vows to expand its cull
JAPAN has vowed to press ahead with plans to increase its research whaling program and extend it to two threatened species, despite condemnation by the International Whaling Commission.
The commission voted by 30 to 27 today in favour of an Australian resolution urging Japan not to double its hunt from some 440 minke whales a year and include endangered fin whales and vulnerable humpbacks.
Under the commission's rules, the resolution is non-binding.
"We will implement the JARPA" scientific whaling plan, Akira Nakamae of Japan's fisheries ministry said.
"Even though we lost, we are happy," the head of the Japanese delegation Joji Morishita said.
He described the closeness of the vote as indicating strong support for Japan's controversial program.
Conservationists immediately welcomed the result.
"I'm delighted that a majority of countries have sent a powerful message to Japan that their whaling in the Southern Ocean is just not acceptable," New Zealand Conservation Minister Chris Carter said.
Japan, which conducts research whaling under a clause in a 1986 moratorium, is campaigning for a full-scale return to commercial catches.
It says stocks have recovered sufficiently during the 19-year ban to be sustainably harvested.
Japan vows to expand its cull
JAPAN has vowed to press ahead with plans to increase its research whaling program and extend it to two threatened species, despite condemnation by the International Whaling Commission.
The commission voted by 30 to 27 today in favour of an Australian resolution urging Japan not to double its hunt from some 440 minke whales a year and include endangered fin whales and vulnerable humpbacks.
Under the commission's rules, the resolution is non-binding.
"We will implement the JARPA" scientific whaling plan, Akira Nakamae of Japan's fisheries ministry said.
"Even though we lost, we are happy," the head of the Japanese delegation Joji Morishita said.
He described the closeness of the vote as indicating strong support for Japan's controversial program.
Conservationists immediately welcomed the result.
"I'm delighted that a majority of countries have sent a powerful message to Japan that their whaling in the Southern Ocean is just not acceptable," New Zealand Conservation Minister Chris Carter said.
Japan, which conducts research whaling under a clause in a 1986 moratorium, is campaigning for a full-scale return to commercial catches.
It says stocks have recovered sufficiently during the 19-year ban to be sustainably harvested.
