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apan has suspended its annual Antarctic whale hunt following protests from a campaign group.
Activists from the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, a US-based environmental group, have been chasing the Japanese fleet's mother ship.
An official at the country's fisheries agency said whaling had been halted "for now" because of safety concerns.
Commercial whaling was banned in 1986 but Japan uses a regulation permitting hunting for scientific research.
Japan halts whale hunt after chase by protesters
Seeded on Wed Feb 16, 2011 7:06 AM EST
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In order to disband the SSCS, Japan's vice-minister for international affairs at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), Shuji Yamada, questioned Monica Medina, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and U.S. Commissioner to the IWC as well as a former senior officer at the Pew Environment Group and NOAA General Councillor, about withdrawing Sea Shepherd's tax exemption.
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#2 - Wed Feb 16, 2011 8:55 AM ESTWhat a Great day!!! Shut the damned Japanese whaling fiasco down. I hope to see that the Cove slaughter of Dolphins will end as well. Those Japanese need to pull their heads out of the old way mentality and leave the slaughter of soo many fish alone. THANK YOU Sea Shepherd and crew for your efforts. Great post Thank you as well Richard Farmer for the seed, Good News today!!
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#5 - Wed Feb 16, 2011 4:06 PM ESTI used to watch this show, "Whale Wars", all the time and loved it. I'm glad to see that they are still at it and are bringing in enough cash to improve their equipment. At first, I thought this organization was a little over the top. When you hear from the crew and not the Sea Shepard PR, it becomes apparent, that they are all in it to win it. The tears are real when they watch a whale being slaughtered and processed on the deck.
One thing that always bothered me was how there was still a market for whale meat, when study after study indicates, that whale meat is highly toxic. Both from heavy metals and chemicals dumped by humans, into our rivers and undeniably affecting the marine food chain. And by food chain I mean, the whales are not the only living thing consuming toxic food.
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#6 - Wed Feb 16, 2011 7:39 PM ESTExcellent news! Clipped.
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#7 - Wed Feb 16, 2011 11:29 PM ESTand a fond farewell to Captain Ahab-son, he will not be missed.
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and a fond farewell to Captain Ahab-son, he will not be missed.
JJ, lol! Good one! And so true. :)
I think we can all sleep a little better now, knowing this has happened.
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who let the ship dock? Don't worry I''m on it. I was thinking since they wanted to bother mammals let them stay out there with their ship and play tag. We'll bring fuel if they run low.
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