1. Customary International Law and Whaling
... direct opposition. Japan and Norway who both placed legal objections on the moratorium, both continue to whale. Japan under the guise of "Scientific Research" pursuant to Article VIII of the ICRW has several fishing fleets in the North West Pacific and Southern Ocean near Antarctica. Japan's Fisheries Agency reported that its North Pacific fleet killed 100 minke whales, 50 byrde's, 39 sei and five sperm whales ... in 2003. A further 440 minke whales are annually killed for "Scientific research" in the Southern Ocean. In the first 10 years of the moratorium on ... commercial whaling, Jap...
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