tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79784939595765217452011-12-08T20:54:27.491ZIn a world dominated by greedy corporations who will rape and plunder our worlds ecology the Whales are running out of safe havens. This site is all about supporting these majestic creatures and other endangered oceanic life.Roxy Rottiehttps://profiles.google.com/114243796410282594452noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7978493959576521745.post-81442524345699061962010-06-23T19:56:00.001+01:002010-06-23T19:56:51.935+01:002010-06-23T19:56:51.935+01:00

A fantastic piece of work from the New York Times Magazine by Paul Greenberg. It's a lengthy work but a hugely stimulating and enlightening read. On the morning of June 4, in the international waters south of Malta, the Greenpeace vessels Rainbow Warrior and Arctic Sunrise deployed eight inflatable Zodiacs and skiffs into the azure surface of the Mediterranean. Protesters aboard donned helmets

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By Michael McCarthy The moratorium on commercial whaling, one of the world's major environmental achievements, is in danger of being abandoned after 24 years at a meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) which begins this week in Morocco. A proposed new deal, which stands a realistic chance of being passed at the conference in Agadir, would allow the three countries which have

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AFTER years of fruitless efforts to penetrate the facade of Japan's scientific whaling, Greenpeace in January 2008 stumbled across a rare opportunity: a whistleblower. An investigation by Greenpeace Japan's Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki, based on the whistleblower's tip-offs, produced sensational allegations of corruption, waste and official misbehaviour in the whaling program. Japanese

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An excellent resource full of useful info and simple to navigate. A great place to visit

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By April, another 900 whales will have died for little profit. So what drives the Japanese to go on defying world opinion? By David McNeill in Tokyo In an annual ritual as seemingly unstoppable as the tides, Japan's whaling fleet is again ploughing the Southern Ocean hunting and killing whales. Bitterly criticised, harried by eco-warriors on Sea Shepherd's ships and tracked by the world's media

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Since Japan virtually gave up commercial whaling in 1988, it has caught 9,000 minke whales in the Antarctic Ocean in the name of scientific research whaling. The company that undertakes research whaling operations by providing vessels and crew receives 500 million yen ($5.38 million) a year in government subsidies via the Institute of Cetacean Research (ICR). In view of the strained state of

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The London Coalition for the Abolition of Whaling is holding a demonstration outside The Japanese Embassy, 101 Piccadilly, London on January 15th. All groups, societies and individuals are invited to join the protest supporting Sea Shepherd in Antarctica and against the disgusting actions of the Japanese Whaling Fleet. Sea Shepherd supporters are encouraged to wear our shirts - XL and XXL

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Some time ago I came across this article and have been meaning to add it to the site here as it conveys some strong words from one of the scientific community in regard to marine science. I recently contacted Brian Morton, the author of this article who graciously granted me permission for its usage. Whilst it's a relatively old article (2002) it still addresses the issues which are still no

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Over the past 20 years, Japanese whalers have taken more than 10,000 whales from the Antarctic Southern Ocean and the north Pacific Ocean for ‘scientific purposes’, under a controversial exemption clause in the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW). After analyzing the relationship of the ICRW regime with other applicable multilateral agreements, this article concludes

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So far the train of thought in regard to whaling leads towards profitability. It seems that today there is no profit to be had in whaling scientific or sustainable commercial whaling, were such a thing to exist. However, there's more than a little food for thought in the profitability of not hunting whales, but watching them. For the IWC61 in Madeira the IFAW commissioned a report by

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Balaenoptera physalus Being second only in size to the Blue whale the Fin whale made an obvious high yield target for the whaling community. The Fin whale is probably the most hunted species of whale. The IUCN still record it as endangered and although still protected by the moratorium catch limit of zero, it is still a highly prized "scientific research" catch. It's huge size easily dwarfs

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By Kurasawa Nanami, Iruka & Kujira (Dolphin & Whale) Action Network (IKAN) From The Japan Observer, Vol.7 No.7 (July 2001) Is the debate about whaling really a conflict of interests between Japan and Western countries? Every year when the IWC meeting comes to a close, we are bombarded with news articles about whaling in Japan. Media reports come mainly from the government controlled "industry

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On a previous posting "Whaling isn't about profits" it appears there's a lot more to it that trying to make a simple statement declaring that Japan are making huge losses year on year and there must be some other method to their madness. Whilst whaling today isn't profitable there's an awful lot of history that has in the past demonstrated that whaling is in fact a highly profitable industry.

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It's been my pleasure over the past week to be conversing my email with Mr. Sidney Holt. Following a response to a previous posting here, he was kind enough to leave a comment and even more gracious to actually reply to my email questioning him further. Now, being only a fresh face in the world of whaling I'll confess the name Sidney Holt had not rang any bells with me. Following his initial

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There are many, many good causes to be had. All of them needing support or financial assistance, many of them fully justified in their needs and poorly recognised for their efforts. You can find worthy causes closer to home locally, domestically and even internationally. So what makes whales so special? For me it’s the fact that the human race has persecuted these intelligent creatures to

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What's more to the point is what the Japanese government allows you to eat when it knows what's in it. Why do they turn a blind eye? Over the last decade, there have been many independent assessments of the levels of toxic chemicals present in cetacean (whale, dolphin and porpoise) products in Japan. Peer reviewed scientific papers have revealed dolphin meat with mercury levels several hundred

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Denmark's bid for an increase in it's Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling (ASW) lures the IWC into setting a very dangerous precedent. The Dane's produced and made a last minute submission to the IWC technical committee giving them insufficient time to fairly assess it. A similar submission for the increase in quota was rejected the previous year. Denmark's submitted documents [IWC61/11rev]

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What price your morals? For many years Japan has been "buying" votes to support its return to commercial whaling. It's easily done when you consider every member of the IWC has only one vote and some of the poorer nations can achieve rich rewards by signing onto Japan's party line. It comes as no surprise that smaller nations can be encouraged to join the IWC, even though they have no history

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Suborder Mysticeti (Baleen Whales Or Mysticetes) Family Balaenidae Balaena mysticetus Bowhead Whale Eubalaena australis Southern Right Whale Eubalaena glacialis North Atlantic Right Whale Eubalaena japonica North Pacific Right Whale Family Neobalaenidae Caperea marginata Pygmy Right Whale Family Eschrichtiidae Eschrichtius robustus Gray Whale Family Balaenopteridae Balaenoptera

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Now that there can finally be no question about the fact that the actions of the Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. The Australian Federal Courts have ruled that the Japanese whaling company Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha is breaking the law by whaling in Australian territory. The Japanese whaling company Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha has a permit from the Japanese government to kill up

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The Minke is split into two distinct species. The Common (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) and the Antarctic Minke (Balaenoptera bonaerensis). Common Minke Whale - Balaenoptera acutorostrata The Minke Whale, also called the Lesser Rorqual, is the name given to two species of marine mammals belonging to the suborder of the baleen whale. The Minke Whale has been catagorised into two species, namely

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Today, Japan continues to seek a whaling quota from the IWC to provide ‘emergency relief’ to four coastal towns that it claims are still suffering financial hardship and cultural disintegration as a direct result of the ban. Attached you'll find a Japanese leaflets in which it attempts to justify the Japanese long tradition of whaling. What it fails to explain is that the traditional whaling has

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Whilst this article relates to a WDCS document (dated 2007) that shows the inconsistencies in regard to Norway's own legislation for the humane slaughter of livestock and the inhumane slaughter of whales, it goes to show that no whale can be guaranteed to be humanely slaughtered by any member of the whaling nations. ...farmed animals are afforded legislative protection from pain and prolonged

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One thing is for sure, the whaling industry isn't about making a profit. If it really is about economics, supply and demand and profit margins then whaling would have ceased many years ago. The attached report shows that sales of whale meat and other by-products have made consistent losses over the past 20 years. An astronomical figure of $223 million dollars (US) since 1988. 2008/9 saw the

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Morpheus opens a container which holds two pills : a blue one, and a red one. He puts one in each hand, and holds them out to Neo. Morpheus : This is your _last chance_. After this, there is no turning back.....You take the blue pill, the story ends. You wake up and believe...whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill.....you stay in wonderland...and I show you just how deep the rabbit

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