Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 03:10:18 +0000
Japan has resumed commercial whaling after 31 years, meeting a long-cherished goal of traditionalists that’s seen as a largely lost cause.
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Credit to Author: Becky Ferreira| Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 19:45:59 +0000
Whalers voyaged to locations far beyond established sea lanes, which means their logbooks are filled with rare and valuable weather observations.
Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 13:38:11 +0000
Japanese whalers discussed plans Thursday to resume their commercial hunting along the northeastern coast on July 1, for the first time in three decades.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2018 05:14:40 +0000
Japan said Wednesday it is withdrawing from the International Whaling Commission and will resume commercial whaling in July 2019.
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Japan proposed an end to a decades-old ban on commercial whaling at an international conference Monday, arguing there is no longer a scientific reason for what was supposed to be a temporary measure.
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