Japan has signed the moratorium on hunting of the International Whaling Commission, but it is covered by a clause authorizing the hunting of cetaceans for scientific purposes.
Japanese whalers returned to port this Saturday after having captured 333 cetaceans in Antarctica without provoking the slightest protest from organizations that oppose this hunt, authorities announced.
A fleet of five ships launched its campaign in November in the framework of the highly controversial "Scientific" whaling carried out by Japan. The five whalers captured 333 Minke whales (small fin whales) as planned. Contrary to other years, this time they were not interrupted by animal advocacy organizations such as Sea Shepherd.
This NGO announced in 2017 that it was not preparing any protest operation for this season. Japan has signed the moratorium on hunting of the International Whaling Commission, but it is covered by a clause authorizing the hunting of cetaceans for scientific purposes. Whale consumption has a long history in Japan, where cetaceans have been hunted for centuries. The whaling industry was developed after the Second World War, to provide animal protein to the inhabitants of the country. The demand of Japanese consumers decreased, however, in recent years.
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