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Five whales killed as Japan resumes slaughter
LONDON, United Kingdom -- January 31, 2008: Japan has resumed its slaughter of whales in the Southern Ocean - and now stands condemned by the world. Officers aboard the Australian Customs vessel Oceanic Viking witnessed the killing of whales - believed to be minke - about 3pm. Witnesses reported seeing up to five whales harpooned and then hauled on to the factory ship Nisshin Maru. Daily Telegraph.Labels: Australia, EIA, IWC, Japan, Southern Ocean Sanctuary, whale hunting, whale sanctuary, whales
Costa Rica Bans Whale and Dolphin Hunting
Costa Rica -- January 22, 2008: Whales and dolphins join the ranks of the free in Costa Rica, following a decree signed Saturday by President Oscar Arias protecting these marine mammals in all of Costa Rica's expansive ocean territory. The decree forbids the "pursuit, capture, injury, netting or commercialization" of all whale and dolphin species on the country's expansive, 640,000 square-kilometer marine territory, the largest in Central America. Tico Times.
Greenpeace tries to stop whaler from refuelling
SYDNEY Australia -- January 22, 2008: Greenpeace activists on an inflatable boat are attempting to block the Japanese whaling factory ship from refuelling in Antarctic waters, the environment group says. The protesters today have been navigating their inflatable between the Nisshin Maru and fuel ship the Oriental Bluebird. Sydney Morning Herald
Stop whale hunt: court
SYDNEY Australia January 15, 2008: In a case brought before an Australian Federal Court by the Humane Society International, the judge has ruled that the Japanese whaling fleet is operating illegally by taking whales in Australia's own whale sanctuary. Japan fails to recognize Australia's Antarctic claims or the whale sanctuary. Sydney Morning Herald
Greenpeace Finds Japan's Whalers
SYDNEY, Australia -- January 12, 2008: A Greenpeace ship on Saturday confronted a Japanese whaling fleet that had initially planned to hunt protected humpbacks, the environmentalists said -- setting off the latest round of cat-and-mouse in a sometimes dangerous feature of the hunting debate. Associated Press.
Australia whale monitors set off to shadow Japanese
CANBERRA, Australia -- January 9, 2008: An Australian fisheries patrol ship left port on Wednesday to shadow Japan's whaling fleet near Antarctica and gather evidence for an international court challenge to halt the yearly slaughter. Reuters.
Australia set to monitor Japanese whaling
SYDNEY, Australia -- January 7, 2008: Australia will this week begin surveillance of Japan’s controversial whaling programme in the Antarctic when the patrol ship Oceanic Viking leaves a naval base south of Perth. Financial Times.
Terri Irwin to Launch Whale Research
SYDNEY, Australia -- December 26, 2007: The widow of TV "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin announced Thursday she will launch non-lethal research of whales in Antarctic waters next year in hopes of showing that Japan's scientific whale kill is a sham. Associated Press.
Japan halts plan to kill humpback whales in Antarctic hunt
TOKYO, Japan -- December 21, 2007: Giving in to U.S. pressure and worldwide criticism, Japan's government on Friday announced a whaling fleet now in the Southern Ocean for its annual hunt will not kill the threatened species as originally planned. The fleet will, however, kill some 935 minke whales, a smaller, more plentiful species, and 50 fin whales. Associated Press.
Dominican entities ready whale-watching season
SANTO DOMINGO Dominica January 11, 2008: Expecting 35,000 tourists to visit the Samana Bay area for whale-watching activities in the upcoming season, tourism and whale watch operators, and government officials gathered to sign the yearly agreement for the industry. Dominican Today
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