Whaling in Japan - Wikipedia
Until 2018, Japanese whaling was conducted in both pelagic (open-ocean) areas in the North Pacific Ocean and the Southern Ocean near Antarctica. Coastal waters are also utilized for small-type coastal whaling of dolphins and other small cetaceans.
Japan is determined to keep hunting whales. And now it has a ... - CNN
2024年5月30日 · Commercial whaling continues in Norway, which experts say has quietly become the world’s leading whaling nation – killing more whales than Japan and Iceland combined.
Japan whaling: Why commercial hunts have resumed despite outcry - BBC
Its last commercial hunt was in 1986, but Japan has never really stopped whaling - it has been conducting instead what it says are research missions which catch hundreds of whales annually.
A Whale of a Problem: Japan’s Whaling Policies and the International Order
2019年10月23日 · In 1982, the member countries of the IWC, which included Japan at the time, decided in favor of a commercial whaling moratorium, a policy that began in 1985 and is still in effect today. Nonetheless, this policy did not preclude all whaling by member countries.
History of Japanese Whaling: The Birth of Traditional Whaling in Japan
2020年9月7日 · Whaling in Central and Western Japan. In the Japanese region from Honshu and southward, scholars have postulated that hand harpooning using stone spearheads and scrapers for flensing occurred at the end of the early Jomon period (4000 BCE) along the Hirado Strait in northwest Kyushu.
Japan and the Management of Whales
2024年9月6日 · In 1951, Japan acceded to the International Convention on the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW), concluded to ‘provide for the proper conservation of whale stocks and thus make possible the orderly development of the whaling industry.
Why Whaling Persists in Japan, Despite International Pressure
2016年1月26日 · While many other proteins are now popular in Japan, whales are still revered in culture and mythology, held in the highest regard among the sea animals that are eaten.
Japan resumes commercial whaling after 30 years - BBC
2019年7月1日 · Conservationist groups like Greenpeace and Sea Shepherd remain critical of Japan's resumption of whaling, but say there are no concrete plans for action against the country.
The Resilience of Japanese Whaling
2021年8月11日 · Japan’s third coastal whaling season opened three months ago, but little has changed. Whale meat is not becoming more popular and profits are not being made.
Japan proposes expanding commercial whaling to fin whales, a …
2024年5月10日 · Japan’s whaling has long been a source of controversy and attacks from conservationists, but anti-whaling protests have largely subsided after Japan terminated its much-criticized Antarctic research hunts in 2019 and returned to commercial whaling limited to Japanese waters.