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Related: About this forumIn science terms, Japan has no need at all to kill whales
From the Japan Times:
In science terms, Japan has no need at all to kill whales
BY ROWAN HOOPER
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...But in the Southern Ocean the stakes for thousands of Minke whales, in particular, are higher. If Japan wins the case and some commentators suggest it is in a strong position the legal status of its whaling program could be strengthened.
Masayuki Komatsu, Japans chief whaling negotiator from 1999 to 2004, told The Australian newspaper that the international court could rule that Japans scientific whaling program which many countries as well as Australia believe is a masquerade for a commercial whaling operation is legitimate.
The worst-case scenario, for opponents of whaling, is that the court overturns the IWCs 1985/86 moratorium on commercial whaling, known as Article 10E in the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling. That outcome would be disastrous for whales worldwide and it is precisely why the legal challenge to Japan, which at first glance many people opposed to whaling would probably support, is highly risky.
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BY ROWAN HOOPER
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...But in the Southern Ocean the stakes for thousands of Minke whales, in particular, are higher. If Japan wins the case and some commentators suggest it is in a strong position the legal status of its whaling program could be strengthened.
Masayuki Komatsu, Japans chief whaling negotiator from 1999 to 2004, told The Australian newspaper that the international court could rule that Japans scientific whaling program which many countries as well as Australia believe is a masquerade for a commercial whaling operation is legitimate.
The worst-case scenario, for opponents of whaling, is that the court overturns the IWCs 1985/86 moratorium on commercial whaling, known as Article 10E in the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling. That outcome would be disastrous for whales worldwide and it is precisely why the legal challenge to Japan, which at first glance many people opposed to whaling would probably support, is highly risky.
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http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/10/national/in-science-terms-japan-has-no-need-at-all-to-kill-whales/#at_pco=tcb-1.0&at_tot=8&at_ab=-&at_pos=0
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In science terms, Japan has no need at all to kill whales (Original Post)
kristopher
Nov 2013
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truedelphi
(32,324 posts)1. Totally agree. And as of today, I have no idea why "science"
is used as an excuse for the US Navy's sonar experiments that also kills whales - and possibly by an order of ten higher than the Japanese whaler death ships.
Hate the killing of whales by both groups, and hope it ends SOON.
Oh and the Biggest Oil Well drilled anywhere in the world, ever, is about to be created inside the pristine waters off of New Zealand... Is humanity nuts or what?
gordianot
(15,233 posts)2. Too many old movies, they are afraid whales might grow legs and visit Tokyo.
kristopher
(29,798 posts)3. Well, ...
...I'm sure the ongoing leaks from Fukushima isn't doing much to assuage those fears.