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Just Say Noh Forty nations condemn Japan's 'scientific' whale hunt		31 May 2007	Daily Grist
Just Say Noh Forty nations condemn Japan's "scientific" whale hunt The International Whaling Commission has been meeting in Anchorage this week, and as always, Japan is making a splash. Yesterday saw fierce debate over a resolution condemning that country's "scientific hunt," in which it's allowed to kill about 1,000 Antarctic whales. The resolution, sponsored ...
Topics: fishing, international politics, Japan, news, oceans, politics, whaling (all these topics)

Nisshin Accomplished Burned out of business, Japan calls a halt to its annual whale hunt		28 Feb 2007	Daily Grist
Nisshin Accomplished Burned out of business, Japan calls a halt to its annual whale hunt Japan's whaling fleet, unable to recover from a mid-February fire that killed a crew member and disabled its main ship, has called off its controversial annual hunt a month early. While protesters expressed sympathy for the human loss, they also did a dance of joy that "no more Southern Ocean whales will die from grenade ...
Topics: Greenpeace, Japan, news, oceans, whaling (all these topics)

Sending Out an SOS Protesters ask whalers for help in missing-persons search		12 Feb 2007	Daily Grist
Sending Out an SOS Protesters ask whalers for help in missing-persons search The bone-chilling waters of Antarctica are seeing heated conflict as the U.S.-based Sea Shepherd Conservation Society tangles with Japanese whalers. The protesters, upset over a 1,000-whale hunt they deem illegal -- but which was OK'd by the International Whaling Commission as a scientific pursuit -- have dumped a safe but stench-ridden acid on whali ...
Topics: Japan, news, oceans, whaling (all these topics)

Has Japan's time come? Possible Whaling Majority at the IWC	Andrew Sharpless	14 Jun 2006	Gristmill
The International Whaling Commission will gather this Friday in St. Kitts for its annual meeting. For 20 years now, Japan and other pro-whaling nations have done everything in their power to convince the IWC to reverse the whaling moratorium it set back in the '80s. What remains a mystery is why Japan is so obsessed with the resumption of whaling. Recent polls suggest that fewer than half of Japanese people have ever tried whale meat, and just 1% eat it regul ...
Topics: International Whaling Commission, Japan, whaling (all these topics)

A Bid for a Whale, and It's About to Set Sail Japan may have enough votes to set stage for repeal of whaling ban		31 May 2006	Daily Grist
A Bid for a Whale, and It's About to Set Sail Japan may have enough votes to set stage for repeal of whaling ban The end of the 20-year-old global commercial-whaling ban is a looming possibility, as pro-whaling Japan may have garnered enough allies to win control of the 66-member International Whaling Commission. The IWC's pro-whaling contingent now numbers about 35 countries, including some ...
Topics: International Whaling Commission, Japan, news, oceans, whaling (all these topics)

The Missing Minke Japanese, Norwegians, and Icelanders spout off in favor of whaling	Colin Woodard	04 Apr 2006	Main Dish
If you're into eating whales, Kouji Shingru's shop is the place for you. Located on a pedestrian-only street in Tokyo's bustling Asakusa neighborhood, Shingru's compact establishment has it all: deep red whale steaks and fillets in vacuum-sealed packages, cured whale on a stick, snack-sized bags of whale jerky, and a wide selection of canned whale morsels packed in brown sauce. A ...
Topics: Iceland, Japan, Norway, oceans, whaling (all these topics)

Whale of a Time A review of A Whale Hunt	Elizabeth Grossman	07 Mar 2001	Arts and Minds
For countless generations the Makah Indians have lived on the shores of Neah Bay, in the corner of Washington's Olympic Peninsula, the northwesternmost tip of the 48 states. Until the 1920s, hunting the gray whales that swam past this stretch of coastline as they migrated between Baja California and Alaska's Bering Sea had been a Makah tradition for 2,000 years. Gray whale blues. Photo: NOAA. In the early 20th century, co ...
Topics: oceans, Washington, whaling (all these topics)

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