Japan has temporarily suspended whaling in the Antarctic due to harassment of the environmental organization Sea Shepherd anti whaling fleet, said today Japan's Fisheries Agency. Nipponese authorities are now studying how to protect the Japanese whaler Nisshin Maru, whose return was scheduled for March, said today Japan's Fisheries Agency, which has not confirmed if the boat forward's return.
"We are studying how to maintain the safety of the Nisshin Maru, succinctly stated the spokesman, who pointed out that the Japanese whaling fleet is currently" paralyzed "his activity because of several attacks Sea Shepherd. The environmental organization Greenpeace said today in a statement that the Nisshin Maru "return" to Japan, but the reason is the harassment of activists, but the campaign of Japan's whaling fleet is no longer profitable.
A spokesman for the activist organization has told Efe that "as there is no demand for whale meat in Japan is losing the sense of continuing to hunt whales," so "we hope this will be the last campaign." Japan held annually between the months of December and March, a whaling campaign in Antarctica for scientific assumptions that, according to environmental groups, hidden motives purely shops.
The catch of the Japanese fleet, which has an annual fee of one thousand whales were last season of only 507 Minke whales, which Japan's Fisheries Agency blamed the activities of "obstruction" of Sea Shepherd. In Sydney, the organization said today that this year has made its most successful campaign against Japanese whaling in Antarctica, because so far only been able to capture between 30 and 100 cetaceans.
Sea Shepherd has spent three years fighting against Japan's fleet in the Antarctic with actions such as blocking the rudder of the boat or throwing corrosive acid on your deck, protests that the Japanese government has strongly criticized. This year the association activists have clashed with several Japanese harpoon and January 26 were able to intercept the Nisshin Maru, over 8,000 tons.
On Monday, the so-called Group of Buenos Aires, composed of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru and Uruguay, urged Japan to stop scientific whaling 'whaling. Japan abandoned whaling in 1986 by the international moratorium, but resumed in 1987 on grounds scientists, including criticism of various associations and countries. 
"We are studying how to maintain the safety of the Nisshin Maru, succinctly stated the spokesman, who pointed out that the Japanese whaling fleet is currently" paralyzed "his activity because of several attacks Sea Shepherd. The environmental organization Greenpeace said today in a statement that the Nisshin Maru "return" to Japan, but the reason is the harassment of activists, but the campaign of Japan's whaling fleet is no longer profitable.
A spokesman for the activist organization has told Efe that "as there is no demand for whale meat in Japan is losing the sense of continuing to hunt whales," so "we hope this will be the last campaign." Japan held annually between the months of December and March, a whaling campaign in Antarctica for scientific assumptions that, according to environmental groups, hidden motives purely shops.
The catch of the Japanese fleet, which has an annual fee of one thousand whales were last season of only 507 Minke whales, which Japan's Fisheries Agency blamed the activities of "obstruction" of Sea Shepherd. In Sydney, the organization said today that this year has made its most successful campaign against Japanese whaling in Antarctica, because so far only been able to capture between 30 and 100 cetaceans.
Sea Shepherd has spent three years fighting against Japan's fleet in the Antarctic with actions such as blocking the rudder of the boat or throwing corrosive acid on your deck, protests that the Japanese government has strongly criticized. This year the association activists have clashed with several Japanese harpoon and January 26 were able to intercept the Nisshin Maru, over 8,000 tons.
On Monday, the so-called Group of Buenos Aires, composed of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru and Uruguay, urged Japan to stop scientific whaling 'whaling. Japan abandoned whaling in 1986 by the international moratorium, but resumed in 1987 on grounds scientists, including criticism of various associations and countries.
No comments:
Post a Comment