Japan To Resume Phony Whale Research Hunt

You'd think after getting kicked in the teeth by International Court of Justice which concluded that Japan's so called whale research was nothing more than commercial exploitation of an endangered species the hunt was cancelled this year.   

Searching for away to placate the fishing industry the Abe government has decided to exploit loop-holes in the law and resume the hunt.

But a new policy announced by the pro-whaling government on Tuesday hopes to bypass this ruling by giving the controversial mission a more scientific focus.

Whaling vessels will collect “data necessary to calculate the number of whale catch allowed (once commercial whaling resumes),” and “construct a model of the Antarctic Ocean ecosystem,” an official of the Japan Fisheries Agency told AFP.

“We are thinking that we will only target Antarctic minke whales in the new plan,” he said.
Minke whales are believed to be more numerous than the fin and humpback whales also harpooned in past missions.