Guest guest Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Japan Loses Coastal Whaling Vote Japan's losing streak continued this week with a close vote against their proposal to award themselves a commercial quota of minke whales off their coast. Only 26 delegations supported the new whaling proposal; 29 were opposed with 3 abstentions. Japan has used " cultural " and " traditional " arguments to support coastal whaling for a number of years before the IWC. ECO finds it interesting that Japan dismisses concerns about whaling from other nations as being " emotional " and " not based on science. " Surely, Japan's arguments for coastal whaling are emotional pleas masking a return to commercial whaling to benefit a highly developed nation in a small sector of its local economy? The three abstaining nations, Denmark, Kiribati, and the People's Republic of China, are usually considered part of the Japan pro-whaling bloc. ECO salutes them and the opposing nations for their stance. http://www.earthisland.org/immp/eco2005issue5.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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