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more than 1000 whales in the Southern Ocean, including 50
endangered fin whales, 50 threatened humpback whales and 935 minke whales.
The Greenpeace ship Esperanza is standing by off the coast of Japan. Despite claims that the Japanese are conducting a "research project," the whale hunt isn't science. The International Whaling Commission has said the data the whalers gather isn't helpful, and virtually everything the Japanese will learn by harpooning the whales could be learned by non-lethal means.
Greenpeace executive director Steve Shallhorn says, “The whaling program threatens Australia's $300 million dollar a year whale-watching industry. Australian and international marine scientists have already established that we can find out everything we need to know about whales without killing them.”
The whale hunt takes money from Japanese taxpayers and robs other countries of tourism income. The threatened humpbacks targeted by the whalers are part of thriving Pacific whale watching industries.
Humpbacks don't need to die for science. We're collaborating with Pacific-based scientists through the Great Whale Trail project, demonstrating that whale research can be done effectively and non-lethally. The Great Whale Trail has been monitoring the location of tagged humpback whales as they migrate to the Southern Ocean from the Pacific.
The Great Whale Trail website will also track the Japanese whaling fleet as it heads south. Japan’s whaling fleet will pass by Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Island states, that all have an economic interest in whale watching. The whale watching industry dependent on humpback whales is the major tourist income generator in countries like Tonga. It is worth up to $US21 million dollars in tourist income in the Pacific and generates more than $US1 billion worldwide every year.
"The whaling fleet must be recalled now. If it is not, we will take direct, non-violent action to stop the hunt," says Greenpeace expedition leader, Karli Thomas.
The Greenpeace ship Esperanza is standing by off the coast of Japan. Despite claims that the Japanese are conducting a "research project," the whale hunt isn't science. The International Whaling Commission has said the data the whalers gather isn't helpful, and virtually everything the Japanese will learn by harpooning the whales could be learned by non-lethal means.
Greenpeace executive director Steve Shallhorn says, “The whaling program threatens Australia's $300 million dollar a year whale-watching industry. Australian and international marine scientists have already established that we can find out everything we need to know about whales without killing them.”
The whale hunt takes money from Japanese taxpayers and robs other countries of tourism income. The threatened humpbacks targeted by the whalers are part of thriving Pacific whale watching industries.
Humpbacks don't need to die
Humpbacks don't need to die for science. We're collaborating with Pacific-based scientists through the Great Whale Trail project, demonstrating that whale research can be done effectively and non-lethally. The Great Whale Trail has been monitoring the location of tagged humpback whales as they migrate to the Southern Ocean from the Pacific.
The Great Whale Trail website will also track the Japanese whaling fleet as it heads south. Japan’s whaling fleet will pass by Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Island states, that all have an economic interest in whale watching. The whale watching industry dependent on humpback whales is the major tourist income generator in countries like Tonga. It is worth up to $US21 million dollars in tourist income in the Pacific and generates more than $US1 billion worldwide every year.
"The whaling fleet must be recalled now. If it is not, we will take direct, non-violent action to stop the hunt," says Greenpeace expedition leader, Karli Thomas.
