• Japan To Continue Antarctic Whaling
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[URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14132320[/URL] [QUOTE]There has been speculation that campaigns by activists, financial problems and new maritime regulations might persuade Tokyo to stop whaling. But at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting, Japan's Joji Morishita said the plan was to return. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, which forced the last hunt's early closure, says it will be back too. Finding a way to deal with the organisation's vessels is the main obstacle Japan sees to continuing for the next season and beyond. "We are now discussing how we can send our fleet back to the Antarctic Ocean," said Mr Morishita, Japan's deputy commissioner to the IWC and a senior official in the Fisheries Agency. "Simply put, the attack from Sea Shepherd organisation is the one we have to consider how we prevent that to happen again." During the IWC meeting, being held in Jersey, Japanese delegates showed pictures and videos that, they said, showed the campaigners attacking whaling vessels with projectiles including flares, which set netting alight, and glass bottles filled with foul-smelling butyric acid. They also showed Sea Shepherd boats ramming the whalers, and said reinforced ropes had been put in the water to entangle propellers. "The attack this past year became so severe that we didn't have any choice to try to prevent the worst from happening," said Mr Morishita. Each successive year, Sea Shepherd has sent bigger fleets and faster vessels, while Japan has downscaled its forces; last season, for the first time, the activists had the upper hand. Rather than catching 850-odd whales - the official target - the eventual haul was about 170. It is not clear how Japan intends to protect its fleet in any future expedition - it was not just a matter of sending military patrols, Mr Morishita said, as that was a legal minefield. [B] Demonstrating force [/B] A further obstacle Japan faces is that, from next year, new regulations on maritime pollution mean the Nisshin Maru, its factory ship, will not be permitted in Antarctic waters with tanks full of heavy fuel oil without a refit. Another is financial. Japan's national budget was in trouble even before the impact of the recent earthquake and tsunami; and with sales of whalemeat falling, the cost of the hunt is rising. But Mr Morishita suggested all of these issues would be easier to overcome than Sea Shepherd's opposition. Some observers have suggested that Japan sees blaming Sea Shepherd as a way to escape from Southern Ocean whaling without losing face. Mr Morishita said this was not the case, and the basic policy remained unchanged. Sea Shepherd activists have staged demonstrations outside the IWC meeting here - the organisation is barred from attending - and it is clear that it will send its fleet to the Southern Ocean again if Japan does return. "Sea Shepherd will also return and will once again intercept and block their operations," the organisation's head Paul Watson wrote on his blog earlier this week. "If they return, we will launch Operation Divine Wind, and our vessels the Bob Barker, the Steve Irwin, and the Brigitte Bardot will soon return to the remote and stormy seas of the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary to do what we do best - defend the whales!"[/QUOTE] Ovb, the court is yours.
Japan doesn't take shit from anyone.
[QUOTE=Nikota;31081747]Japan doesn't take shit from anyone.[/QUOTE] Well, actually, they take a lot of shit from a lot of people. They just don't give a fuck.
[QUOTE=valkery;31081762]Well, actually, they take a lot of shit from a lot of people. They just don't give a fuck.[/QUOTE] Exactly what I meant to say.
just let this shitty industry die japan god damn
at least Gojira can make more decent songs about it.
I will not be surprised is the Japanese start fighting back against the activists.
[QUOTE=MaveDustaine;31082235]at least Gojira can make more decent songs about it.[/QUOTE] Gojira makes [I]good[/I] songs about everything. Spirit journey? Check. Peyote trip? Check. Walking the the woods? Check.
[QUOTE=ThatHippyMan;31082324]Gojira makes [I]good[/I] songs about everything. Spirit journey? Check. Peyote trip? Check. Walking the the woods? Check.[/QUOTE] Right on bud.
I wonder how a Weaboo who likes animals would react to being told this.
Have fun having this: [img]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/12/02/article-1334451-0C4A9CFA000005DC-913_634x443.jpg[/img] on your ass 24/7
it looks badass but it's made of balsa wood and failed dreams
[quote]They also showed Sea Shepherd boats ramming the whalers, and said reinforced ropes had been put in the water to entangle propellers. "The attack this past year became so severe that we didn't have any choice to try to prevent the worst from happening," said Mr Morishita. Each successive year, Sea Shepherd has sent bigger fleets and faster vessels, while Japan has downscaled its forces; last season, for the first time, the activists had the upper hand.[/quote] As much as I am against the whaling industry, I don't think this kind of action is the way to stop it.
[QUOTE=Ogopogo;31082282]I will not be surprised is the Japanese start fighting back against the activists.[/QUOTE] they've already tried using water blasters and ramming boats when they run out of fuel but it doesn't work
Isn't where Japan hunt whales part of the Australian Antarctic territorial waters? (Edit: And inside the whale sanctuary) [img]http://i.imgur.com/bsI4m.png[/img] Should get some of our navy over there to defend our shit
[QUOTE=PILLS HERE!;31083203]Have fun having this: [IMG]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/12/02/article-1334451-0C4A9CFA000005DC-913_634x443.jpg[/IMG] on your ass 24/7[/QUOTE] They make another of those ships that got sunk?
Whaling is retarded if you aren't from the 1800's or are named Ahab.
Good we get to watch those Sea Sheppard morons bitch about it and cry on national television some more!
Boo hoo, a whale will get killed for research,meat and fat.Let's cry. Oh hey, let's eat some chicken and beef for our own satisfaction.Let's go cut up some meat.
[QUOTE=Itsjustguy;31086554]Boo hoo, a whale will get killed for research,meat and fat.Let's cry. Oh hey, let's eat some chicken and beef for our own satisfaction.Let's go cut up some meat.[/QUOTE] Mmmm, endangered animal meat. Mouthwatering.
[QUOTE=Itsjustguy;31086554]Boo hoo, a whale will get killed for research,meat and fat.Let's cry. Oh hey, let's eat some chicken and beef for our own satisfaction.Let's go cut up some meat.[/QUOTE] comparing chickens and cows to one of the most intelligent species on earth??? nice... i bet you're one of the people that cries his heart out in a thread about puppies or kitties getting killed too.
Well, at least now I can expect new seasons of whale wars.
I want Japan to stop. Even what they are doing is legal, they need to stop. I'm tired of watching Whale Wars in this hospital 24/7
[QUOTE=Sourcream&onion;31086140]Good we get to watch those Sea Sheppard morons bitch about it and cry on national television some more![/QUOTE] That's their whole purpose. How else are you going to gain support when you're not whoring yourself to the media.
Well, aslong as they don't go whaling on the moon.
[QUOTE=booster;31090858]Well, aslong as they don't go whaling on the moon.[/QUOTE] Nah, they'd have to carry a harpoon.
[QUOTE=booster;31090858]Well, aslong as they don't go whaling on the moon.[/QUOTE] In space no one can hear you... whale.
[QUOTE=booster;31090858]Well, aslong as they don't go whaling on the moon.[/QUOTE] Whales on the moon are critically endangered. There is a single one left that got there because the south park kids sent it there from Mexico with a rocket.
i'm waiting for the activists to get shot in the face by angry whaling boats.
What [I]do[/I] they use the whale for anyways? Whales are massive.
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