Whaling
Back to a more serious news story with this post, and it concerns an issue that is close to my heart. I know this happened over a month ago, but I thought I would bring it to the attention of readers of this blog.
On 19th June, Japan won by one vote the first round of voting on the return to commericial whaling. The IWC met last month and pro whaling countries sadly gained a significant victory.
From www.bbc.com
"Japan's Deputy Whaling Commissioner Joji Morishita said any future commercial whaling would be on a much smaller scale than in the past.
"It's not going back to the commercial whaling, it should be the beginning of sustainable whaling, plus protection of depleted and endangered species," he said"
More from that story - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5093350.stm
Pro-whaling: Includes Japan, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Russia, Morocco, Cambodia
Anti-whaling: Includes UK, US, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, Finland, France, Spain, Germany, Israel
Also an interesting story from the Sydney Morning Herald -
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/We-are-not-eating-whales-Japanese-ambassador/2005/05/26/1116950813758.html
posted by Justin Buckley @ 21:13
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1 Comments:
Yes I agree, especially since they come into our (Australian) waters. People do realise we own most of Antartica don't they?
On a happy note, if you happen to be going back to Takamatsu (which I'm sure you will...wink!) I recomend going to Shikoku Mura at the bottom of Yashima. Its an outdoor museum of Japanese buildings from all over Shikoku. From old style huts to Samurai houses. Save it for a sunny day though. Entry is 800yen.
Brad
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