Three activists 'prisoners' after slipping aboard Japanese ship

[Bodhi BloodWave]

66. you know what the IWC is yes?

if not then its The International Whaling Commission, supposedly the group who set up the ban or memorandum as its more commonly refereed to. You know, the 'law' the Japanese are 'breaking'

As for who was "very pleased" that would be the Scientific Committee of the IWC, so not just 'some person'.

In regards to the research, I don't really know all that well, supposedly tho it has to do with number of whales and what they eat and some other stuff like that, and while I will openly admit that for research purposes it has likely outlived its purposes I will remain supportive of Japan's continued use of it since the IWC has for most intents and purposes been twisted away from its original task which was:
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The IWC was created by voluntary agreement among the member nations to function as the sole governing body with authority to act under the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling which is an international environmental agreement signed in 1946 in order to "provide for the proper conservation of whale stocks and thus make possible the orderly development of the whaling industry" and to implement its economic and environmental goals. The role of the Commission is to periodically review and revise the Schedule to the Convention,[5] controlling the conduct of whaling by setting the protection of certain species; designating areas as whale sanctuaries; setting limits on the numbers and size of catches; prescribing open and closed seasons and areas for whaling; methods and intensity of whaling, types of gear to be used, methods of measurement and maximum catch returns. Under its constitutive document, the IWC is given the task of adopting regulations "to provide for the conservation, development, and optimum utilization of the whale resources" with the condition that such regulations "shall be based on scientific findings."[6]
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Since the Memorandum the anti-whaling nations involved have refused to partially lift it on those species of whale that has been deemed to be at safe levels which breaks with its purpose(mind you, the memorandum itself was not based on advice from the Scientific Committee).

You said i sounded like a spokesperson for the Japanese Whaling industry, i would make the statement that i am *not* a spokesperson for them, i'm simply somebody who accepts whaling to some degree(as long as the species is not endangered and considered safe in regards to numbers), I also advocate for the IWC to return to its proper purpose of decisions being based on science rather then trying having it politicized