cdreamer
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Now you're just being silly.
Japans quota is more like 1300 - not 500. 500 is all they got in Antartica because of
Sea Shepherd. You must have gotten a little confused when you were trying to
teach me a lesson. LOL
Paul Watson (Sea Shepherd) needs to man up!!!!
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Now you're just being silly.
Japans quota is more like 1300 - not 500. 500 is all they got in Antartica because of
Sea Shepherd. You must have gotten a little confused when you were trying to
teach me a lesson. LOL
Sas
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And Iceland caught half a dozen or so fin whales in the three years before 2009. In 2009 they took 125 out of a 150 quota. How did Sea Shepherd help there? I would say that preventing the harvesting of fin whales (ENDANGERED) would be far more important than faffing around in the Antarctic stopping Japan taking minke whales (NOT ENDANGERED). Perhaps they have their priorities wrong
And quotas in Japan, there are other reasons why they get fewer whales in the Antarctic including weather, it's not just Sea Shepherd
cdreamer
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And Iceland caught half a dozen or so fin whales in the three years before 2009. In 2009 they took 125 out of a 150 quota. How did Sea Shepherd help there? I would say that preventing the harvesting of fin whales (ENDANGERED) would be far more important than faffing around in the Antarctic stopping Japan taking minke whales (NOT ENDANGERED). Perhaps they have their priorities wrong
And quotas in Japan, there are other reasons why they get fewer whales in the Antarctic including weather, it's not just Sea Shepherd
Why do you think so few were taken? Maybe because they just weren't there to
be taken.
Sea Shepherd is defending a Whale Sanctuary against illegal poaching.
Tuna season legally ended today so now they are after tuna poachers and you are
ok with that priority - right?
Sas
Contributor
Or maybe aliens stole the whales and put them on another planet. Or maybe they have invisibility shields that they use. Maybe Japan hired lazy whalers this year who spent their time drinking and playing poker instead of harpooning.
The poaching is not illegal. Japan has disputed the legality of the sanctuary and they are using the IWC's own rules to continue whaling (which btw aren't law so they could say screw you guys, we're going commercial whaling!)
Yep, tuna would be a much better use of Sea Shepherd's time. Or going after Icelandic whale ships hunting fin whales.
cdreamer
Contributor
For everytime you post something dumb from here on out - I am going to donate
$10 to Sea Shepherd in your name!!!!
Sas
Contributor
Sas
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I think I'm going to need a lot more harpoons than I have in my garage :\
cdreamer
Contributor
I'm sorry. Poaching is illegal. Fishing, hunting, harpooning - all illegal in a sanctuary.
Sas
Contributor
So wait, anyone can just go out into the ocean and claim something as a sanctuary and no one can fish there?
Well, as of 10/06/2010 12.43pm (Melbourne time) I, Saspotato claim the entire ocean of the Earth to be a sanctuary and if any of you fish in there I am seriously going to sue the hell out of you and blow up your boats.
ScubaFeenD
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Yes, actually the US should. Also, stopping all shipping has been found to be unnecessary, because whales only hang out in certain shipping lanes, so routing around them can help cut the collisions drastically.
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