mandated by customary international law and the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.” The post Japanese Commercial Whalers Can Now Hunt Fin Whales first appeared on The Inertia ...

five years after leaving an international body that regulates the commercial hunt of the marine mammals. Japan resumed commercial whaling in its territorial waters and exclusive economic zones in ...

Japan plans to add large fin whales to its commercial hunting list almost five years after it resumed whaling along its coast. The Fumio Kishida government supports the sustainable hunting of ...

Moreover, even after joining the IWC, Japan has sought to exploit a number of loopholes in the ICRW to allow it to conduct whale-hunting with impunity. Finally, in December 2018, in the midst ...

SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi Prefecture—Japan’s new whaling mothership ... Some large individuals weigh up to 80 tons. The hunting of fin whales requires a fleet of vessels led by the whaling ...

In 2024, Japan added a new quota of 59 fin whales ... this key segment of Iceland’s tourism industry is a major opponent of whale hunting. Marine biologist Giulia Bellon said it does not ...

TOKYO (AP) — Meat from fin whales caught for the first time in nearly 50 years off Japan’s northern coast fetched up to more than $1,300 per kilogram (2.2 lbs) at auction Thursday, as ...

Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson was freed from prison in Greenland on Tuesday and will not be extradited to Japan after five months in custody. He is planning to return home to be reunited with his ...