Japan's Whaling Problem
History
The
above diagram was compiled and created by Wikipedia user Swift using
figures made public by ther International Whaling Commission
Japan's whaling activities were greatly hampered by the 1986 whaling moratorium but activities have been on a steady increase.
2007
In 2007, JARPA called for
the culling of over 1,000 whales from 5 different species, many of which are
listed as endangered, including:
o 50 Fin whales (Endangered) from a total pop
of of 40-50,000 pop
o 100 Sei (Endangered) whales from a total pop
of 20-30,000
o 10 Sperm (Vulnerable) whales from a total pop
of 360,000 – 1 mil
o 50 Bryde’s whales from a total pop of 25,000
o 950 Minke whales from a total pop of 600,000 (BBC,
special reports)
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