Japanese whalers issued warning by Australian Government

[yawmwen]

[QUOTE=Governor Goblin;38930244]Imagine if Japan went to war with Australia over whales. That'd be fucking weird.[/QUOTE]

the new whale wars series that would inevitably spawn would probably be pretty entertaining.

[OvB]

[QUOTE=TAU!;38930219]What the fuck are they "researching" anyway? How does one successfully "research" a species of sea life by slaughtering them?[/QUOTE]

I know for sharks you need microscope slides of their spinal cord to get an accurate measure of their age, organ contents might also require lethal research, stomach samples, tissue samples, etc. However, Japan has had a hard time proving to the IWC that there are no non-lethal methods to get the same data, and their quotas are so large that it's quite obviously a cover for commercial whaling. Not to mention the Southern Ocean hunt is not their only hunt. They also have Pacific Ocean hunts and annual coastal hunts.

[editline]21st December 2012[/editline]

[QUOTE=yawmwen;38930254]the new whale wars series that would inevitably spawn would probably be pretty entertaining.[/QUOTE]

[i]Today on Whale Wars, Ships from the Japanese Defense Force yell angrily as Australian Customs Officials stand in wait on the Ocean Protector.[/i]

Same thing, more belligerents.

[Computrix]

[QUOTE=SpasticPinoy;38925166]They should catapult Australian wildlife into the whalers' ships.[/QUOTE]

Specifically their many species of giant spiders