Posts Tagged ‘Japan whaling’
Last Japanese whale hunt for ‘research’ ends as mass slaughter for profit looms
Japanese vessels returned to port this weekend from what appears to be their last Antarctic Ocean whale hunting mission in the name of science. The fleet of five ships led by the 8,145-ton mothership Nisshin Maru left Japan for the Southern Hemisphere in November. Vessels returned to Shimonoseki port in Yamaguchi Prefecture and ports in…
Read MoreJapanese hunting vessels set off to kill more whales
Reports in Japanese media indicate that the Japanese whaling fleet has left today for Antarctica. The fleet sailed from Shimonoseki Port, Yamaguchi Prefecture in order to kill up to 333 Antarctic minke whales by next March for ongoing ‘research’. The fleet consists of the Yushin Maru (724 tons) and The 3rd Yushin Maru (742 tons).…
Read MoreJapanese boats leave port to kill whales despite being told to stop by panel of experts
Japan has resumed its annual programme of whale slaughter in the Northwest Pacific just days after a committee of scientific experts at the International Whaling Commission (the global body that regulates whaling) backed previous conclusions by an independent panel that the North Pacific hunts were “currently unjustified, and should be halted until more research has…
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