Saturday, December 24, 2005

Japanese whaling hindered


Inflatable boats from the Greenpeace ships - the Arctic Sunrise and the Esperanza - hinder the transfer of a dead minke whale from the Japanese whaling fleet catcher ship Kyo Maru No.1 to the Nisshin Maru factory ship.

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The International Whaling Commission imposed a moratorium on commercial whaling in 1986.

Despite international protests, Japan has this year more than doubled its planned catch of minke whales to 935.

It has also added 10 endangered fin whales and plans to eventually lift the number to 50, along with 50 rare humpback whales.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Why are we against Japanese maritime workers earning a crust? These greenies are anti-worker and a bunch of bleeding hearts. The same clowns against sand mining at Bell and shale mining in the Megalong.

I hope their mud brick houses in Woodford burn down.

YOUR RIGHTS AT WORK - WORTH FIGHTING FOR

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