"Japanese Whaling Is Not the Greatest Threat to" Topic

…Whale Conservation.

"In July, Japan resumed commercial whaling after a three-decade hiatus. Many Western nations and organizations condemned the move. Although I would personally prefer that no nation engage in commercial whaling, I find it hypocritical that many Americans and Canadians criticize the Japanese while turning a blind eye to the more pernicious practices of their own countries.

Japan has withdrawn from the International Whaling Commission, which banned commercial whaling in 1986. It now joins Norway and Iceland as the only countries that continue to harvest whales commercially. On the positive side, Japan has agreed to abide by the Antarctic Treaty, which regulates the commercial exploitation of living resources in the waters surrounding Antarctica, and has said that it will discontinue "scientific" whaling in the Southern Ocean. The nation also says it intends to only exploit species whose populations are in relatively good shape and to only do so in its territorial waters and exclusive economic zone. Despite the international outcry, a properly managed whaling industry in Japan is unlikely to have a major impact on the world's most threatened whale populations…"
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