Official: Japan to Resume Whaling in July 2019

Japan has officially announced it will withdraw from the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and resume commercial whaling in July 2019. After certain populations of whales were driven nearly into extinction in 1986, the IWC was formed, and members agreed to a moratorium on hunting to allow whale stocks to recover. This agreement was signed by…

‘Research Whaling’ Resumes In Japan As Ships Set Sail

Despite heavy criticism, Japanese fishing vessels set out to sea on Monday to continue their notoriously controversial “research whaling” taking place in the Antarctic Ocean. According to the Fisheries Agency, the fleet plans to capture over 300 minke whales between now and March, in what is to be the nations fourth stunt since a temporary…