It is rare for a cooking class to court political controversy, but in Tokyo on Saturday, the Women’s Forum for Fish was doing just that, teaching whale meat recipes as an international row over whale hunting brewed.
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Costa Rica and more than 1,000 scientists from around the world will ask the United Nations on Monday to ban a form of industrial fishing they say menaces an endangered sea turtle and other marine creatures.
Up to 160 whales became stranded on two beaches on Australia’s southwest coast on Thursday after two pods beached themselves. PLanet Ark
Australia will lead 15 countries including Ireland, Britain, France and Germany in a protest on Thursday against Japan’s plans to expand its annual whale hunt. <
On 29 May, IWDG member, Andrew Malcolm, who is a regular watcher off Ram Head, Ardmore, Co. Waterford, observed at least five fin whales and another sp. which may have been a humpback, during an “effort watch”. This is the earliest records of fin whales off the Irish south coast, which in previous years have
Fines for illegal fishing in Europe are a drop in the ocean, the European Union’s executive Commission said on Monday, urging states to punish those who flout the rules by suspending their fishing licences instead.
Three inflatable boats and a tug rescued a 30-tonne whale from a French beach on Wednesday where the mammal had got stuck, the fire brigade said. PLanet Ar
Japan risks a worldwide backlash over plans to expand its annual whale hunt, Australia warned on Tuesday in a letter to Japan’s prime minister, but Tokyo vowed not to bow to foreign pressure. http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/30959/stor
Canada’s harp seal population is growing despite a seasonal hunt off the East Coast that has killed 975,000 young animals over the past three years, officials said on Tuesday.
The second IWDG whalewatching weekend, organised on Tory Island, Co Donegal delivered spectacular sightings of basking sharks and a probable humpback whale !