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Baclava

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4. 'U.N. Court Orders Japan to Halt Antarctic Whaling'

Reply to MoonRiver (Original post)

Mon Mar 31, 2014, 01:17 PM

Mar 2014

The ruling is binding, and Japan cannot appeal. No immediate reaction from Japan was available, although it has said it would abide by any judgment in the case. But a Japanese delegate said in earlier hearings that Japan might consider withdrawing from the whaling commission, which oversees management of the world’s whale populations.

The court left open the possibility for future whale hunting if Japan redesigned its program. Tokyo has said that it needs data to monitor the impact of whales on its fishing industry and to monitor the whale population’s recovery from overfishing.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/01/world/europe/united-nations-court-rules-against-japan-in-whaling-dispute.html?_r=0

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so they just go elsewhere to fill their blubber appetite?

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U.N. COURT ORDERS JAPAN TO END WHALE HUNT! [View all] MoonRiver Mar 2014 OP

That's great news! It's about damn time. nt ladjf Mar 2014 #1

should go for shark fins also warrior1 Mar 2014 #2

It's all on the agenda! n/t MoonRiver Mar 2014 #3

There's a treaty protecting whales that Japan signed and ratified. Not so for sharks or dolphins. Xithras Mar 2014 #5

'U.N. Court Orders Japan to Halt Antarctic Whaling' Baclava Mar 2014 #4