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Customs ship on possible whaling mission |
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Monday, 24 October 2011 08:55 |
An Australian Customs ship docked in Hobart is believed to be preparing to head to the Southern Ocean for the whaling season.
Ocean Protector arrived in Hobart last week and is docked at Macquarie Wharf.
A customs spokeswoman says the ship is undergoing routine maintenance.
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NZ slams Japan's whaling resumption plans |
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Wednesday, 05 October 2011 01:30 |
New Zealand has lashed out at the resumption of Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean.
Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully said Japan was "isolating itself from the international community" by deciding to resume whaling.
"Japan's decision is increasingly out of step with international opinion. It is also entirely disrespectful of the strong concerns expressed by Australian and New Zealand people for whom the Southern Ocean is our neighbourhood," McCully said.
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Japan will send a Fisheries Agency ship to guard its whalers |
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Tuesday, 04 October 2011 10:39 |
Fisheries minister Michihiko Kano on Tuesday said Japan will send a Fisheries Agency ship for the first time to guard its whalers in the Antarctic Ocean against possible violent protests by anti-whaling groups, implying Japan will continue its "research whaling" this winter.
"We intend to continue to assert our country's thinking," the minister for agriculture, forestry and fisheries told a press conference, referring to complaints by antiwhaling groups and countries that what Japan calls research whaling is a cover for commercial whaling.
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Japans antarctic whaling to go ahead |
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Friday, 30 September 2011 06:41 |
Reports out of Japan suggest the government will increase its whaling budget to better protect crew members preparing for this year's Antarctic hunt.
There was a possibility this season's hunt would not go ahead because of obstruction from the militant Sea Shepherd group.
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President Obama Proposes Diplomatic Action Against Iceland |
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Saturday, 17 September 2011 09:32 |
Two months after the US Secretary of Commerce recommended that the US take strong action against Icelandic whaling, President Obama has confirmed the US government’s desire to see an end to Iceland’s fin whaling by issuing a strongly worded statement warning that it will not hesitate in implementing a range of measures against Iceland if the cruel trade does not stop for good.
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Japan catches 195 whales in Pacific Ocean |
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Saturday, 17 September 2011 09:30 |
Japan says it has caught 195 whales in the Pacific Ocean this season under a research program opposed by activists who call it commercial whaling in disguise.
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No Fin Whales Caught in Iceland This Year |
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Tuesday, 13 September 2011 09:31 |
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It has been confirmed that no fin whales will be caught in Icelandic waters this year despite a quota for 150 whales having been issued. It was decided in the spring to postpone fin whaling due to the natural catastrophe in Japan, the main market for fin whale meat, and now it has completely been called off.
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