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Anti-whalers call for cash

Agence France-PresseMay 10, 2013 11:50
Militant anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd urged supporters to dig deep Thursday as it launched its 10th harassment campaign against the Japanese fleet, saying US legal action was hitting fundraising. Sea Shepherd director Bob Brown said the group needed US$4 million to run its annual Southern Ocean pursuit of the Japanese at the end of this year, with lawsuits filed in the United States slowing donations. "Japan is doing everything it can to put the US operation under, effectively, complete diversion by legal action," Brown told reporters.

UN court to hear Australia bid to halt Japan whaling

April 12, 2013 01:15
Australia will fire the opening salvoes in a legal battle before the United Nations' highest court in June to try to stop Japan's whale hunt in Antarctica. "The International Court of Justice... will hold public hearings in the case concerning whaling in the Antarctic, Australia versus Japan, from Wednesday 26 June," the Hague-based ICJ said in a statement Thursday.

Australia to tackle Japan on whaling at UN court

April 11, 2013 23:45
Australia is to fire the opening salvoes in a legal battle before the United Nations' highest court in June aimed at stopping Japan's whaling research programme in Antarctica. "The International Court of Justice... will hold public hearings in the case concerning whaling in the Antarctic, Australia versus Japan, from Wednesday 26 June," the Hague-based ICJ said in a statement on Thursday.

Australia to tackle Japan on whaling at UN world court

April 11, 2013 21:16
Australia is to fire the opening salvoes in a legal battle before the United Nations' highest court in June aimed at stopping Japan's whaling research programme in Antarctica. "The International Court of Justice... will hold public hearings in the case concerning whaling in the Antarctic, Australia versus Japan, from Wednesday 26 June," the Hague-based ICJ said in a statement on Thursday.

Australia to tackle Japan on whaling at UN world court

April 11, 2013 13:46
Australia is to fire the opening salvoes in a legal battle before the United Nations' highest court in June aimed at stopping Japan's whaling research programme in Antarctica. "The International Court of Justice... will hold public hearings in the case concerning whaling in the Antarctic, Australia versus Japan, from Wednesday 26 June," the Hague-based ICJ said in a statement on Thursday.

Japan whaling haul at 'record low'

April 5, 2013 02:16
The haul from Japan's whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean was a "record low" this year, a government minister said Friday, blaming "unforgivable sabotage" by activists. The hunt netted just 103 Antarctic minke whales, less than half its tally last year and no fin whales, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said, adding it was the lowest total since "research whaling" began in 1987.

Japan whaling haul at 'record low'

April 5, 2013 02:15
The haul from Japan's whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean was a "record low" this year, a government minister said Friday, blaming "unforgivable sabotage" by activists. The hunt netted just 103 Antarctic minke whales, less than half its tally last year and no fin whales, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said, adding it was the lowest total since "research whaling" began in 1987. hg/jw

AFP Graphics Advisory

April 3, 2013 02:15
Wednesday's graphics: NORTH KOREA INDUSTRIAL PARK Graphic fact file on the Kaesong complex, a Seoul-invested industrial estate inside North Korea. Pyongyang blocked South Korean access to the zone on Wednesday. Text slug: NKorea-military-SKorea 90 x 76 mm Available now GLOBAL ARMS TRADE Graphic on the global arms trade. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon hailed Tuesday's adoption of a landmark global arms treaty as a milestone that would help prevent human rights abuses. Text slug: UN-weapons-treaty-Ban 90 x 162 mm Available now

World's biggest creature tracked by its song

March 27, 2013 06:45
An Australian-led group of scientists has for the first time tracked down and tagged Antarctic blue whales by using acoustic technology to follow their songs, the government said Wednesday. The blue whale, the largest animal on the planet, is rarely spotted in the Southern Ocean but a group of intrepid researchers were able to locate and tag some of the mammals after picking up on their deep and complex vocals.

World's biggest creature tracked by its song

March 27, 2013 03:01
An Australian-led group of scientists has for the first time tracked down and tagged Antarctic blue whales by using acoustic technology to follow their songs, the government said Wednesday. The blue whale, the largest animal on the planet, is rarely spotted in the Southern Ocean but a group of intrepid researchers were able to locate and tag some of the mammals after picking up on their deep and complex vocals.
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