whaling

Japan deports convicted NZ anti-whaling activist (AP)

July 9th, 2010

New Zealand anti-whaling activist Peter Bethune wipes tears as he talks to the media on his arrival at Auckland International Airport in Auckland, New Zealand, Saturday, July 10, 2010. Japan deported Bethune Friday who was convicted of assault and obstruction as he attempted to stop the annual Japanese whale hunt. (AP Photo/NZPA, Wayne Drought) ** NEW ZEALAND OUT **AP - Japan deported a New Zealand activist convicted of assault and obstruction after he attempted to stop the annual Japanese whale hunt.


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Whaling meeting delays decision on hunting 1 year (AP)

June 25th, 2010

FILE - In this Jan 23, 2009 file photo provided by Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service, a pod of sperm whales are seen stranded on a sand bar off Perkins Island, Australia's Tasmania state. Levels of cadmium, aluminum, chromium, lead, silver, mercury and titanium together are the highest ever found in marine mammals, scientists who spent five years shooting nearly 1,000 sperm whales with tissue-sampling darts say, warning that the health of both ocean life and the people who consume seafood could be at risk. (AP Photo/Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service, File) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY **AP - Native people of Greenland won a long battle Friday to extend their annual whale hunt to humpbacks, overriding objections from conservation-minded members of the International Whaling Commission.


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Nations fail to limit whaling, Japan still hunts (AP)

June 23rd, 2010

Japan's fishery minister Yasue Funayama, right, and delegation member Hideo Jinpu attend the opening session of the 62nd International Whaling Commission in Agadir, Morocco, Monday, June 21, 2010. The International Whaling Commission is holding its most important meeting in decades, as nations ponder whether to suspend the porous 25-year ban on commercial hunting in favor of a more enforceable regime of limited whaling. (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar)AP - An international effort to truly limit whale hunting collapsed Wednesday, leaving Japan, Norway and Iceland free to keep killing hundreds of mammals a year, even raiding a marine sanctuary…

Japanese vote buying is the buzz of whaling meet (AP)

June 22nd, 2010

In this photo taken on June 17, 2010, whale meat restaurant Magonotei manager Tomohiro Akio slices a chunk of lean meat of a whale caught in the Antarctic as he prepares for a sashimi dish at its kitchen in Tokyo Thursday, June 17, 2010. Makoto Ito, managing director of Kyodo Senpaku Co., the company that runs the annual Antarctic hunt, said he didn't think they should be ended, because 'we need to collect more data.' Japan's refusal to give up its Antarctic hunt puzzles even observers within the country. Current coastal catches, also conducted for scientific research, provide fresher meat and are cheaper. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP - Accusations that Japan uses aid money and personal favors to buy votes have quietly circulated for years around the International Whaling Commission, which oversees the conservation of the…

Whaling commission ponders suspending hunting ban (AP)

June 21st, 2010

Demonstrators hold banners outside the the 62nd International Whaling Commission's in Agadir, Morocco, Monday, June 21, 2010 as a worker collect rubbish .The International Whaling Commission is holding its most important meeting in decades, as nations ponder whether to suspend the porous 25-year ban on commercial hunting in favor of a more enforceable regime of limited whaling. A proposal before the 88-member commission aims to get Japan, Norway and Iceland to reduce the number of whales they kill each year in exchange for ending their rogue status. (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar)AP - The International Whaling Commission began its most important meeting in decades debating whether to scrap an ineffective 25-year ban on commercial hunting and instead allow for limited whaling…

Future of commercial whaling ban rests with Japan (AP)

June 18th, 2010

FILE - In this March 12, 2010 file photo, a Metropolitan Police Department boat, foreground, escorts the Japan's government-backed research whaling vessel Shonan Maru No. 2 on the way to Harumi pier in Tokyo, carrying anti-whaling activisit Pete Bethune, captain of the Sea Shepherd vessel Ady Gil, on board shortly before Japan's coast guard arrested the New Zealander for illegally boarding the Japanese ship in February. Japan is considering withdrawing from the International Whaling Commission if no progress is made toward easing an binternational/b ban on commercial whaling, its fisheries minister said Tuesday, June 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye, File)AP - A quarter-century ban on commercial whaling — one of the world’s most successful preservation agreements — could crumble altogether if conservationists cannot persuade Japan to cut back on…

Japan arrests whaling activist for boarding ship (AP)

March 11th, 2010

FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2010, file photo released by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, captain Peter Bethune poses onboard the MV Steve Irwin, in the Southern Ocean. Japan's coast guard says it has arrested the anti-whaling activist from New Zealand on suspicion of intruding onto a whaling ship. (AP Photo/Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Barbara Veiga, File) ** NO SALES **AP - Japan’s coast guard arrested an anti-whaling activist from New Zealand on Friday for illegally boarding a Japanese whaling ship last month, an official said.


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