Please list the recent publications of “The Institute of Cetacean Research.”
If they are doing Research, then what is the state of their knowledge from this Research? These publications will document that.
If peer review of their published articles is less than Scientific, then the Japanese have been violating International Whaling Laws.
The ecological balance of the Oceans is to delicate to allow a rogue nation, such as Japan to upset it.
They have been publishing authentic articles for years. Some of which shows that Minke Whales number in the millions. I have also seen research ( not from the japanese) that says growing whale populations ( top of the food chain)consume far more of the ocean’s bounty than the entire human race and that the baleen types huge consumption of plankton and other embryo fish is contributing to depletion of food stocks. That is also the reason that the Japanese cut Dolphin populations in some areas. The japanese culture ( and all you sushi lovers) have always been dependent on the oceans for a large percentage of their food.