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Whale battle in the Southern Ocean
Topic Started: Feb 16 2013, 01:49 PM (62 Views)
Kahu
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Japanese whalers and the radical Sea Shepherd organisation are battling each other in the Southern Ocean today.

Sea Shepherd say the Japanese harpoon boat Yashin Maru No 2 has killed a whale and has made nine attempts so far to transfer it to the factory ship Nisshin Maru.

Sea Shepherd's ship Bob Barker has been blocking access to the factory ship, the organisation says.

Bob Barker is between the two Japanese ships preventing the harpoon boat from transferring its catch onto the stern of the Nisshin Maru.
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Dana
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The federal government says whaling by Japan is illegal wherever it happens, after a large whale was harpooned in Australian waters.

Anti-whaling activists at Sea Shepherd said Japanese whalers killed a large minke whale on Friday in Australian waters off Antarctica near the Davis Research Base.

The group has posted photos of the incident online.

Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson said when the protesters tried to block the transfer of the harpooned whale's carcass from one vessel to another, the irate whalers tried to ram their boat.

Environment Minister Tony Burke said the focus should not be on which part of the ocean this happened.

'It doesn't matter what part of the ocean it is in, Australia's view is that it is just as illegal,' Mr Burke told reporters.

'That's why we have taken Japan to the International Court of Justice.

'I think it would be a terrible situation if we started to go down the path of arguing that in one part of the ocean we thought whaling was okay and in others it wasn't.'

Coalition environment spokesman Greg Hunt said the best way to deter whalers and minimise the risk of dangerous confrontations would be to have a customs vessel patrolling known or likely trouble spots.

'The sensible action here is to have a cop on the beat,' he said.

'The mere fact of an Australian-flagged vessel says to the whalers that we are watching, and says to the protesters: you've got to abide by international maritime law.

'Anything less is just negligent.'

But Mr Burke said the opposition's proposal would make the situation even worse.

'Could you imagine what a boost to Japanese whaling it would be if there was an Australian vessel just watching on and nodding,' Mr Burke said.

http://www.skynews.com.au/topstories/article.aspx?id=846256
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Due in part to anti-whaling groups’ efforts, consumer demand for cetacean meat has plunged in Japan.

According to a new report from the Dolphin and Whale Action Network, Japan’s whale-meat industry is struggling to stay afloat as demand for the product wanes. Though commercial whaling has been prohibited since 1986, the country allows the mammals to be hunted for scientific purposes, after which byproducts collected during the research process can be auctioned off for consumption. This year’s auction failed to attract consumer interest, with three-quarters of whale meat products remaining unsold

http://vegnews.com/articles/page.do?pageId=4638&catId=8
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Dana
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https://www.google.ca/search?q=japanese+whaling&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=NaR&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=XLcfUf7_Kom4igKlpYCQDw&ved=0CEcQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=607
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angora
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So what does anyone propose to do with the Whale carcass. Let it rot in the water? Is anyone in this dispute practical?
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Dana
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The 'for scientific research' is a sham. This is recognized by the Australian gov't, at least.
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Kahu
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It is recognised by the NZ govt also, but Australia has more punch than us.
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Dana
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