Japan plans unilateral restart to Antarctic whaling in 2015, says official
by Associated Press in Tokyo from on (#BWBX)
A resumption would defy the International Whaling Commission, which says Tokyo has not proven the mammals need to be killed for research
Japan says it plans to resume whale hunts in the Antarctic later in 2015 even though the International Whaling Commission says Tokyo has not proven the mammals need to be killed for research.
The IWC's scientific committee said in a report on Friday it was not able to determine whether lethal sampling was necessary for whale stock management and conservation. In April an IWC experts' panel made similar comments about a revised Japanese Antarctic whaling plan submitted after the international court of justice ruled in 2014 that Japan's hunts were not truly scientific.
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