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Japan resumes whaling in Antarctic waters: reports
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 5, 2008 Japan has confirmed resuming whaling in Antarctic waters after environmental protesters stopped obstructing Japanese whalers there, press reports said Tuesday. The Jiji and Kyodo news agencies, quoting officials at the Japanese Fisheries Agency, reported the resumption of Japan's so-called research whaling. But Hideaki Okada, an official at the agency's whaling division, told AFP: "We cannot comment whether research whaling has been resumed out of consideration for the safety of the operation." Japan suspended its operation on January 12 due to obstructive actions by anti-whaling environmental groups. On January 15, two activists from the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society boarded a Japanese harpoon ship to deliver a protest, setting off a two-day standoff. But low fuel forced boats from Sea Shepherd and another environmental group, Greenpeace, to return to port to refuel. An Australian media report said Friday that the Australian coastguard saw the Japanese harpoonists kill five whales in one day after the protesters left the area. Japan, which uses a loophole in a 1986 global whaling moratorium that allows lethal research, aims to slaughter about 1,000 whales this year in Antarctic waters despite strong opposition from Western countries and environmental groups. It argues that whaling is part of its culture and accuses Western nations of cultural insensitivity. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Follow the Whaling Debate
Japan Moves In For The Kill As Anti-Whaling Activists Vow Big Operation Next Year
Sydney (AFP) Feb 1, 2008Japanese harpoonists killed five whales in one day after protesters who had halted the hunt in Antarctic waters were forced to return to port to refuel, an Australian report said Friday. |
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