<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893882271516071413</id><updated>2024-09-15T16:43:11.296-07:00</updated><category term="whale protection"/><category term="Greenpeace"/><category term="IUU fishing"/><category term="Save Our Sea"/><category term="by-catch"/><category term="environmental protection agency"/><category term="japan"/><category term="press release"/><category term="sea contamination"/><category term="shark"/><category term="survey"/><category term="tuna"/><category term="us geological survey"/><title type='text'>Save Our Sea blog</title><subtitle type='html'>SOS blog supports the nature conservation actions for our common future, &amp;quot;the Sea&amp;quot;. To save our sea , we should protect it from the illegal, the unauthorized and the unjust; ocean dumping &amp;amp; pollution, illegal fishing &amp;amp; by-catch, mining, etc.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saveoursea-kfem.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2893882271516071413/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saveoursea-kfem.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>simplezi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01031926031372920839</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsY6Zd_s7S1jgA_dklti6n8yDDwVuFDICKyQ1yMTucYjy6GzHjip7JzDnC7qvjnLv-TQs4lWaddfCP4J_XfWZbYtwzH8SjexevE8ZgAyTDsfCe7GCkvvpF3qWwRammgw8/s146/dongang1.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893882271516071413.post-5460355463065056843</id><published>2012-04-13T18:35:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2012-04-13T20:05:46.996-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="by-catch"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="IUU fishing"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="shark"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="tuna"/><title type='text'>Shark&#39;s fin Import increased in South Korea</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 100%; &quot;&gt;More sharks are by-caught&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 100%; &quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 100%; &quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;According to the NFRDI&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span &gt;(National Fisheries Research and Development Institute)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 100%;&quot;&gt; report, Korean oversea&#39;s fisheries, especially tuna fishing vessels, are getting more and more criticism because of IUU fishing, including by-catch of shark&#39;s fin. NFRDI has observed that 20% of total catch was sharks on tuna fishing vessels in 2006; 413 sharks were killed after cutting their fins off. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://img.hani.co.kr/imgdb/resize/2012/0414/133431811890_20120414.JPG&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 100%; &quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 337px; height: 591px;&quot; src=&quot;http://img.hani.co.kr/imgdb/resize/2012/0414/133431811890_20120414.JPG&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-size: 100%; &quot;&gt;And shark&#39;s fin import has also increased for the last 5 years from 1,922 tons in 2007 to 6,387 tons in 2011.(see right, source: MIFAFF) &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-size: 100%; &quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-size: 100%; &quot;&gt;Most of them are reported to be imported from Hongkong and consumed at hotel restaurants and seafood restaurants in South Korea. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-size: 100%; &quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-size: 100%; &quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 100%; &quot;&gt;Why Koreans enjoy more shark&#39;s fins?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-size: 100%; &quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-size: 100%; &quot;&gt;One of the reason is related to the seafood price. Korean restaurant business decide what to import according to the international seafood price. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-size: 100%; &quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-size: 100%; &quot;&gt;It is important to ban illegal fishing and by-catch of endangered species such as sharks.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-size: 100%; &quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;by FOE Korea KFEM&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saveoursea-kfem.blogspot.com/feeds/5460355463065056843/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://saveoursea-kfem.blogspot.com/2012/04/sharks-fin-import-increased-in-south.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2893882271516071413/posts/default/5460355463065056843'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2893882271516071413/posts/default/5460355463065056843'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saveoursea-kfem.blogspot.com/2012/04/sharks-fin-import-increased-in-south.html' title='Shark&#39;s fin Import increased in South Korea'/><author><name>simplezi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01031926031372920839</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsY6Zd_s7S1jgA_dklti6n8yDDwVuFDICKyQ1yMTucYjy6GzHjip7JzDnC7qvjnLv-TQs4lWaddfCP4J_XfWZbYtwzH8SjexevE8ZgAyTDsfCe7GCkvvpF3qWwRammgw8/s146/dongang1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893882271516071413.post-1285429151797200462</id><published>2010-02-14T17:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-08T00:09:13.078-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="japan"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="whale protection"/><title type='text'>고래보호를 위한 일본의 새로운 선택</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Verdana;&quot;&gt;고래보호에 관한 최근 일본의 사회적 여론이 고래고기를 둘러싼 정치적 커넥션과 부패, 표현의 자유 등 원래의 쟁점으로 전환되어 가고 있다는 좋은 소식이 전해져 왔습니다. 일본 그린피스는 일본 정부의 부패 커넥션이 고래잡이에 대한 보조금 지원, 여론검열, 국제법위반, 표현과 저항의 권리 침해, 상업적 포경의 또 다른 이름 과학적 포경의 불법성 등 자연과 인간의 권리를 인정하는 분위기가 형성되고 있다는 소식에 기대를 걸고 있습니다. 고래고기의 불법유통문제를 일본사회에 고발했던 일본 그&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Verdana;&quot;&gt;린피스 활동가 주니치(Junichi Sato)와 토루(Toru Suzuki)의 재판과정에도 긍정적인 영향을 미칠 것으로 희망을 가져봅니다.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;GP Japan Press Release: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.greenpeace.or.jp/campaign/blog/3&quot;&gt;A shift in public opinion in Japan&lt;/a&gt; (2010.2.15)&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;by FOE Korea KFEM&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saveoursea-kfem.blogspot.com/feeds/1285429151797200462/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://saveoursea-kfem.blogspot.com/2010/02/blog-post.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2893882271516071413/posts/default/1285429151797200462'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2893882271516071413/posts/default/1285429151797200462'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saveoursea-kfem.blogspot.com/2010/02/blog-post.html' title='고래보호를 위한 일본의 새로운 선택'/><author><name>simplezi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01031926031372920839</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsY6Zd_s7S1jgA_dklti6n8yDDwVuFDICKyQ1yMTucYjy6GzHjip7JzDnC7qvjnLv-TQs4lWaddfCP4J_XfWZbYtwzH8SjexevE8ZgAyTDsfCe7GCkvvpF3qWwRammgw8/s146/dongang1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893882271516071413.post-3260116146776870387</id><published>2009-09-18T01:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-18T02:32:16.619-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="whale protection"/><title type='text'>Stairway to NON-scientific whaling</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot; ;font-family:Georgia;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:large;&quot;&gt;과학적인 조사를 목적으로 고래를 사냥하고 고기를 먹는 야만시대는 언제 사라질 것인가?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.pina.com.fj/open/img_big.php?image=http://76.162.240.104/x-2/picture/news/thumb180609807898whaling-.jpg&quot; style=&quot;float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 229px; height: 141px;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:Georgia;&quot;&gt;태평양의 고래보호국가인 뉴질랜드와 호주는 고래를 잡거나 죽이지 않고도 과학적인 조사연구를 시작하면서 잔인한 과학포경(Scientific Whaling)이 사라지기를 희망했다. (기사출처: PACNEWS &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pina.com.fj/index.php?p=pacnews&amp;amp;m=read&amp;amp;o=137495184a39e10f568078987afd19&quot;&gt;&quot;New Zealand &amp;amp; Australia to run non-lethal whaling project&quot;&lt;/a&gt;) 가까운 나라들이 함께 나누고 있는 바다를 공동의 자산으로 생각하고, 그 속에 사는 말 못하는 생명의 보호자(gurdian)로 나섰다니 참으로 부러운 일이다. 우리를 둘러싼 이 곳 동아시아가 포경에 굶주려 있고, 대&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot; ;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;한민국도 날이 갈수록 더 많은 고래고기를 원하는 민족으로 변하는 듯하다. (사진출처. PACNEWS)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot; ;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;물론 오래 전 한반도의 인류는 바닷가를 따라 이동하던 고래를 잡아먹었던 적이 있었다.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;바닷속에 잠겼던 반구대 벽화가 우리를 그 신화 속으로 인도해 주었다. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot; ;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;그래서인지 한국인들 중 꽤 많은 사람들이 고래를 먹는 것이 당연하다고 생각하기 시작했다.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;적어도 일부는 한번 쯤 고래고기맛을 보고 싶어도 한다. 우리네 조상의 삶의 흔적을 따라 맛체험을 하는 것도 그럴듯해 보인다. 게다가 주변을 둘러 보니 일본인들도 잘 먹고 있으니 고래는 먹기 좋은 고기라고 여기는 듯하다. 그러나 우리네 민족이 고래고기를 본격적으로 잡고 먹기 시작한 근래의 역사는 일본의 어업기술이 도입되기 시작한 시절로 돌아갈 뿐 우리 민족 전체의 식문화일지 의문이다. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot; ;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;고래를 먹는 사람들 때문에 고래를 잡으러 다닌다는 사람들은 즐겁기만 한가 보다. 그리고 고래고기를 음식상에 내어 놓는 사람들도 고래가 더 많이 잡혔으면 하고 바란다. 정치인들도 일본인들처럼 고래로 정치를 하고 싶어한다. 그러나 고래는 우리의 기억에서만이 아니라 실제 우리 주변의 바다에서 점점 사라지고 있다. 고래마저도 도감이나 사진으로만 봐야 하는 것은 아닐지 미리 걱정이 들 정도이다.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot; ;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;고래를 먹고 잡는 사람들은 먹는 개, 기르는 개를 따로 생각하듯이 먹는 고래, 구경하는 고래가 따로 있다고 생각하는 것일까? 아니면 고래를 물고기 쯤으로 생각하는 것일까?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot; ;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;우리시대가 바다의 신성한 존재와 교류하던 신화의 시대는 아니니 우리가 살고 있는 현실을 분명 바로 볼 필요는 있다. 그러나 나는 &#39;고래는 먹을 수 있는 고기이고, 고래를 먹기 위해 고래사냥은 합법적이며, 고래고기를 사고파는 것은 정당한 장사이며, 오래된 식문화의 하나이다&#39;라는 논리에 고개를 갸우뚱하게 된다.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot; ;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;왜냐하면 고래는 우리 인류가 가축처럼 키워서 잡아 먹지 않는 몇 안 되는 소중한 존재이기 때문이다. 사냥을 해서 먹었던 많은 동물들이 이제는 보호를 받고 있다. 그렇게 먹거나 사냥할 이유가 없기 때문이다.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot; ;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;단지 그와 같은 야생의 시대를 살고자 희망하는 에스키모나 일부 종족들만이 그네들의 동물들과 함께 합법적인 보호를 받고 있다. 대부분의 현대 문명국가들이 그런 야생의 시대를 살 이유는 없을 것이며, 현실적으로도 불가능하다.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot; ;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;최근 한국에 Scott Baker 교수가 찾았다. 시장에서 유통되는 고래고기의 유전적인 정보를 연구하는 베이커 교수는 개체수가 감소하는 고래를 보호하기 위해 고래보호구역이 필요하다고 강조했다. 반면 울산시는 요리경연대회의 흥을 돋우기 위해 고래를 푸줏간의 고기처럼 칼과 톱으로 해체하는 구경거리를 선 보이고 싶어하니... 이쯤되면 막가자는 얘기다.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;관련기사: &lt;a href=&quot;http://economy.hankooki.com/lpage/society/200909/e2009091718223193840.htm&quot;&gt;서울경제&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/09/17/2009091700186.html&quot;&gt;조선일보&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&amp;amp;mid=sec&amp;amp;sid1=001&amp;amp;oid=001&amp;amp;aid=0002866868&amp;amp;&quot;&gt;연합뉴스&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbs.co.kr/nocut/Show.asp?IDX=1263936&quot;&gt;노컷뉴스&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;by FOE Korea KFEM&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saveoursea-kfem.blogspot.com/feeds/3260116146776870387/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://saveoursea-kfem.blogspot.com/2009/09/stairway-to-non-scientific-whaling.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2893882271516071413/posts/default/3260116146776870387'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2893882271516071413/posts/default/3260116146776870387'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saveoursea-kfem.blogspot.com/2009/09/stairway-to-non-scientific-whaling.html' title='Stairway to NON-scientific whaling'/><author><name>simplezi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01031926031372920839</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsY6Zd_s7S1jgA_dklti6n8yDDwVuFDICKyQ1yMTucYjy6GzHjip7JzDnC7qvjnLv-TQs4lWaddfCP4J_XfWZbYtwzH8SjexevE8ZgAyTDsfCe7GCkvvpF3qWwRammgw8/s146/dongang1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893882271516071413.post-2915190694082135321</id><published>2009-09-18T00:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-15T23:40:58.258-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="environmental protection agency"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sea contamination"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="us geological survey"/><title type='text'>Widespread Mercury Pollution in US Streams</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8d/Tomokos_hand.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 220px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 250px&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8d/Tomokos_hand.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methyl_mercury&quot;&gt;Mercury&lt;/a&gt; Contamination&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt; will be more serious than estimated by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epa&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt;U.S. Environmental Protection Agency&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt;. This report was released on May by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/mercury/&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt;U.S. Geological Survey&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:small;&quot;&gt;David Krabbenhoft, coauthor of the study, said that &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:small;&quot;&gt;&quot;it &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;COLOR: rgb(51,51,51)&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:small;&quot;&gt;appears the recent mercury enrichment of the sampled Pacific Ocean waters is caused by emissions originating from fallout near the Asian coasts”. Even worse, scientiests predicted a 50% increase of mercury contamination in the ocean will increase by 2050.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;We already knew the worst tragedy caused by mercury contamination in MINAMATA. (photo. Wikipedia)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:small;&quot;&gt;You may read generous critic on this issue on the following blog:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chinaconfidential.blogspot.com/2009/08/widespread-mercury-pollution-in-us.html&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:small;&quot;&gt;China Confidential: Widespread Mercury Pollution in US Streams&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:small;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:small;&quot;&gt;PACNEWS reports &quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;COLOR: rgb(51,51,51)&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:small;&quot;&gt;In the U.S., about &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:small;&quot;&gt;40 percent of all human exposure to mercury is from tuna&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:small;&quot;&gt; harvested in the Pacific Ocean&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:small;&quot;&gt;&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pina.com.fj/index.php?p=pacnews&amp;amp;m=read&amp;amp;o=2953326849ff848632a315bf91b8cb&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:small;&quot;&gt;Mercury emissions contaminating Pacific Ocean seafood&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;color:#333333;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:small;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:small;&quot;&gt;More open publications, visit USGS sites: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:small;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/mercury/pubs/&quot;&gt;http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/mercury/pubs/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;by FOE Korea KFEM&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saveoursea-kfem.blogspot.com/feeds/2915190694082135321/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://saveoursea-kfem.blogspot.com/2009/09/widespread-mercury-pollution-in-us.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2893882271516071413/posts/default/2915190694082135321'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2893882271516071413/posts/default/2915190694082135321'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saveoursea-kfem.blogspot.com/2009/09/widespread-mercury-pollution-in-us.html' title='Widespread Mercury Pollution in US Streams'/><author><name>simplezi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01031926031372920839</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsY6Zd_s7S1jgA_dklti6n8yDDwVuFDICKyQ1yMTucYjy6GzHjip7JzDnC7qvjnLv-TQs4lWaddfCP4J_XfWZbYtwzH8SjexevE8ZgAyTDsfCe7GCkvvpF3qWwRammgw8/s146/dongang1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893882271516071413.post-2496948304731579758</id><published>2009-07-21T21:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-02-14T18:03:56.222-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Greenpeace"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="press release"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Save Our Sea"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="survey"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="whale protection"/><title type='text'>Koreans are against WHALING, but governments don&#39;t agree to the majority</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In 2009, more S.Koreas have moved toward whale protection than in the past.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Now 67.9% for whale protection and 15.4% for whaling, while 23.3% favored whaling in 2005. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;According to the survey, most of S.Koreans(72.8%) are in favor of the current whale protection policy and whales and dolphins should be preserved even if Japanese should chase after whales in the sea. However, some Koreans(15.4%) still insist that commercial whaling should be permitted in the Korean sea. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;(This survey was conducted from 17&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; to 18&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; June and reported by KFEM Ocean Committee and Greenpeace International.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The 61st IWC was opened in Portugal in June, but Koreans were afraid that S.Korean representatives(&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.whalemuseum.go.kr/eng/default.asp&quot;&gt;Ulsan&lt;/a&gt;) were in favor of commercial whaling after Japanese. Though Korean NGOs including KFEM proposed that representatives should include people from protection side, MAF(&lt;a href=&quot;http://english.mifaff.go.kr/main.tdf&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;) declined and made whaling minority report to the world society. &lt;b&gt;In fact, most of the Koreans(63.5%) agree that whales and other endangered species(i.e. bluepin tuna) should be preserved&lt;/b&gt; because they need our guardianship. Do you still think we need whaling for food like Japanese? &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;For the better future, 61% of the population are willing to participate &lt;b&gt;Whale Watching&lt;/b&gt; or &lt;b&gt;Ecotour&lt;/b&gt; instead of tasting whale meat. Whale watching has been new trend for the last 20 years since IWC banned commercial whaling. And this goes on to the future.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Though majority of IWC members are against commercial whaling, this does not automatically lead to &quot;the declaration against whaling&quot; by contracting parties. &lt;strong&gt;More choice fot participation in favor whale protection, more chance to the End of Whaling, commercial or scientific&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 624px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 416px; TEXT-ALIGN: center&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.kojefem.or.kr/data/file/sub05c/2105993054_21a5f38b_5025-IMG_5638.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 624px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 416px; TEXT-ALIGN: center&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.kojefem.or.kr/data/file/sub05c/2105993054_64f98dc3_5025-IMG_5551.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;KFEM members are campaigning in front of the Japanese Embassy(Seoul, S.Korea), protesting whaling by Japanese government and its colleague, Korean government. (June 23. 2009) / &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:small;&quot;&gt;Photos by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:+0;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:small;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;환경연합 바다위원회 &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:small;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;KFEM Ocean Committee&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:&#39;trebuchet ms&#39;;&quot;&gt;You may see more SOS(Save Our Sea) projects from &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:+0;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:&#39;trebuchet ms&#39;;&quot;&gt;Greenpeace&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:+0;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:&#39;trebuchet ms&#39;;&quot;&gt; and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kfem.or.kr/kbbs/bbs/search.php?srows=10&amp;amp;gr_id=&amp;amp;sfl=wr_subject&amp;amp;stx=%B9%D9%B4%D9%C0%A7%BF%F8%C8%B8&amp;amp;sop=and&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:+0;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:&#39;trebuchet ms&#39;;&quot;&gt;KFEM Ocean Committee&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:+0;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:&#39;trebuchet ms&#39;;&quot;&gt;(Korean). And y&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:+0;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:&#39;trebuchet ms&#39;;&quot;&gt;ou may also download the full document of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kfem.or.kr/kbbs/bbs/board.php?bo_table=envinfo&amp;amp;wr_id=4746&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:+0;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:&#39;trebuchet ms&#39;;&quot;&gt;whale survey-2009 at KFEM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:+0;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:&#39;trebuchet ms&#39;;&quot;&gt; or &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://cies.kfem.or.kr/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:+0;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:&#39;trebuchet ms&#39;;&quot;&gt;CIES&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:+0;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:&#39;trebuchet ms&#39;;&quot;&gt; web in Korean. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;by FOE Korea KFEM&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saveoursea-kfem.blogspot.com/feeds/2496948304731579758/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://saveoursea-kfem.blogspot.com/2009/07/koreans-are-against-whaling-but.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2893882271516071413/posts/default/2496948304731579758'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2893882271516071413/posts/default/2496948304731579758'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saveoursea-kfem.blogspot.com/2009/07/koreans-are-against-whaling-but.html' title='Koreans are against WHALING, but governments don&#39;t agree to the majority'/><author><name>simplezi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01031926031372920839</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsY6Zd_s7S1jgA_dklti6n8yDDwVuFDICKyQ1yMTucYjy6GzHjip7JzDnC7qvjnLv-TQs4lWaddfCP4J_XfWZbYtwzH8SjexevE8ZgAyTDsfCe7GCkvvpF3qWwRammgw8/s146/dongang1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>