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Just read a book called "The Whale Warriors" written by Peter Heller. He documents a Sea Shepherd campaign from 2 years ago. It was a great book that gives a lot of insight into the hearts and minds of Capt. Watson and his crew. I highly recommend this book to anyone.
In the book Capt. Watson summarizes specifically how Japan is violating international conservation law.
He states:
1. The Japanese are whaling in violation of the International Whaling Commissions global moratorium on commercial whaling. The IWC scientific committee does not recognize this bogus
research that the Japanese are using as an excuse.
2. The Japanese are killing whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Santuary.
3. The Japanese are killing whales unlawfully in the Australian Antarctic Territory.
4. The Japanese are targeting fin whales and humpback whales. These are endangered species and thus this is a violation of CITES, the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna.
5. The Japanese are in violation of IWC regulation 19(a). The IWC regulations in the Schedule to the Convention forbid the use of factory ships to process any protected stock: 19(a) It is forbidden to use a factory ship or a land station for the purpose of treating any whales which are
classified are Protection Stocks in paragraph 10. Paragraph 10(c) provides a definition of Protection Stocks and states that Protection Stocks are listed in the Tables of the Schedule. Table 1 lists all the baleen whales, including minke, fin and humpback whales and states that all of them are Protection Stocks.
6. In addition the IWC regulations specifically ban the use of factory ships to process any whales except minke whales: Paragraph 10(d) provides: (d) Notwithstanding the other provisions of paragraph 10 there shall be a moratorium on the taking, killing, or treating of whales, except minke whales, by factory ships or whale catchers attached to factory ships. This moratorium applies to sperm whales, killer whales and baleen whales, except minke whales.
It is not illegal to interfere on the high seas against their illegal whaling activities. In fact we are
legally authorized to do so in accordance with the UN World Charter for Nature.
The United Nations World Charter for Nature states in Section 21:
States and, to the extent they are able, other public authorities, international organizations, individuals, groups, and corportations shall:
(c) implement the applicable international legal provisions for the conservation of nature, and the
protection of the environment.
(d) ensure that activities within their jurisdiction, or control do not cause damage to the natural systems located within other states or in the areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction.
(e) safeguard and conserve nature in areas beyond national jurisdiction.
and finally section 24 states:
Each person has a duty to act in accordance with the provisions of the present Charter: acting individually, in association with others or through participation in the polictical process, each person shall strive to ensure that the objectives and requirements of the present charter are met.
Terri
In the book Capt. Watson summarizes specifically how Japan is violating international conservation law.
He states:
1. The Japanese are whaling in violation of the International Whaling Commissions global moratorium on commercial whaling. The IWC scientific committee does not recognize this bogus
research that the Japanese are using as an excuse.
2. The Japanese are killing whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Santuary.
3. The Japanese are killing whales unlawfully in the Australian Antarctic Territory.
4. The Japanese are targeting fin whales and humpback whales. These are endangered species and thus this is a violation of CITES, the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna.
5. The Japanese are in violation of IWC regulation 19(a). The IWC regulations in the Schedule to the Convention forbid the use of factory ships to process any protected stock: 19(a) It is forbidden to use a factory ship or a land station for the purpose of treating any whales which are
classified are Protection Stocks in paragraph 10. Paragraph 10(c) provides a definition of Protection Stocks and states that Protection Stocks are listed in the Tables of the Schedule. Table 1 lists all the baleen whales, including minke, fin and humpback whales and states that all of them are Protection Stocks.
6. In addition the IWC regulations specifically ban the use of factory ships to process any whales except minke whales: Paragraph 10(d) provides: (d) Notwithstanding the other provisions of paragraph 10 there shall be a moratorium on the taking, killing, or treating of whales, except minke whales, by factory ships or whale catchers attached to factory ships. This moratorium applies to sperm whales, killer whales and baleen whales, except minke whales.
It is not illegal to interfere on the high seas against their illegal whaling activities. In fact we are
legally authorized to do so in accordance with the UN World Charter for Nature.
The United Nations World Charter for Nature states in Section 21:
States and, to the extent they are able, other public authorities, international organizations, individuals, groups, and corportations shall:
(c) implement the applicable international legal provisions for the conservation of nature, and the
protection of the environment.
(d) ensure that activities within their jurisdiction, or control do not cause damage to the natural systems located within other states or in the areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction.
(e) safeguard and conserve nature in areas beyond national jurisdiction.
and finally section 24 states:
Each person has a duty to act in accordance with the provisions of the present Charter: acting individually, in association with others or through participation in the polictical process, each person shall strive to ensure that the objectives and requirements of the present charter are met.
Terri
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