Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters says Japan’s
decision to continue its Southern Ocean whaling programme
goes against scientific advice and the growing support for
greater protection of the ocean’s ecosystems.
Japan’s Fisheries Agency announced on 12 November that
the Japanese whaling fleet had departed Japan for the
Southern Ocean.
“New Zealand is deeply
disappointed that whaling continues in the Southern Ocean
despite the significant scientific advice against this
outdated and unnecessary practice,” Mr Peters says.
“It’s difficult to understand when Japan has so much
to offer the world it would compromise its potential for
goodwill with such an outdated practice.
“Now is
the time to increase protection of pristine Antarctic
ecosystems. We must stop the killing of whales in the name
of science,” Mr Peters
says.
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