Sea Shepherd

Gatling wrote: »

As long as its illegal commercial whaling ie scientific research ,
Its open season on all those involved

Still can't see the problem,as long as its sustainable.
Scientific whaling or not.
Norway is doing commercial whaling in the North Atlantic on the minke whale.

andy_g wrote: »

So your saying sustainable like the north Atlantic fish stock? hmmm thats almost gone too

Yes the same,but the difference is that it's not needed a sea Shepard ramming and attacking fishing boats,to get the facts.
It could be done scientifically and in cooperations with other nations as its being done now between US and Europe,and other nations who fishes in the Atlantic.
And like with whaling,it's not only hunting and overfishing that effects the stocks.
pollution and changes in the North Atlantic currents have had impact on it as well.

http://www.globefish.org/groundfish-february-2012.html

http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/press_release/2009/SciSpot/SS0916/

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

well none, you know, cos it's all for research, not food right? Right?
Tasty tasty research.

Yes and legal too.

The Law of the Sea
The International Whaling Commission, which dictates whaling regulations worldwide, set this rule in the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, drafted in 1946. It took until 1986 to restrict legal whaling practices to scientific and limited aboriginal whaling, but even back in the '40s, the IWC wanted to make one thing perfectly clear: If you're going to catch whales, don't let them go to waste.

It did not, however, feel the need to put this command into crystal clear language, judging by the cryptic passage in question:

"Any whales taken under these special permits shall so far as practicable be processed and the proceeds shall be dealt with in accordance with directions issued by the overnment by which the permit was granted."

So, after the Japanese whalers make off with all the whale organs they intend to study (ear plugs, ovaries, the stomach and that sort of thing), they do their best to sell the rest, fulfill the terms of the commission's rules and, ideally, turn a profit while they're at it.;)

http://animal.discovery.com/tv-shows/whale-wars/about-whaling/japanese-whalers-japan-sell-whaling-meat.htm

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

do you see no value in animals and bio diversity past exploiting them for your plate?

I do,I have two dogs I use when hunting deer.;)

Gatling wrote: »

Scientific research my ass its butchery of whales for Japanese restaurants plain and simple,

What other scientific research is a profit making business that needs military protection which itself is an illegal as Japan is only allowed a self defense force to protect the country ,
Protection of a scientific whaling fleet,

We're all not that naive[/

Sea shepard doesnt make the rules,IWC does.
And according to them they are allowed to sell whatever they catch.
And military protection might be needed when Sea Shepard is in the area.
They noticed that when they started to sabotage the Norwegian whaling fleet.

I am sure sea Shepard don't forget this moment:D


http://youtu.be/LHKkFOLC5Cg

And Paul Watson is off course manipulating the truth as usual.

And I think you are naive to believe in Paul Watson and Sea shepards lies

Gatling wrote: »

Remind me what happened to the whaling fleet afterwards

Still going strong,catching 1286 minke whale this year;)