Different subject altogether. Aboriginal - IWC grants permits to indigenous groups for subsistence food. Example: Alaskan Inupiat. The Japanese on the other hand fish in Australian territorial waters. ustralia has outlawed ALL whaling in its territorial waters and the Japanese are in DIRECT VIOLATION of the Sovereign Laws of Australia
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The whaling occurs in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, an internationally ordained preserve that covers the waters surrounding Antarctica as far north as 40º S and protects 11 of the planets 13 species of great whales. Research is permitted in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, commercial whaling is explicitly forbidden. Got that?
” Research is permitted in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, commercial whaling is explicitly forbidden. Got that?”
No, I don’t “got that” but tell me something. I note your screen name is anglian, is your first name East and are you a part of those hoaxsters out of England? You seem so committed, perhaps you should be committed.