commercial whaling

Time:2020-10-20Department:

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Foreign media said that it has been one year from July 1, 2019 that Japn restarted commercial whaling after 31 years, since Japan quited from the International Whaling Commission (IWC) on June 30, 2019.Although it takes extremly unusual tough actions, young people are not interested in eating whales, which leads a long way off to reviving whale-eating culture.Even the impact of the COVID-19 virus outbreak continues, Japanese government still plans to increase fishing quotas in the future.It certainly will provoke renewed criticism and opposition from anti-whaling nations.Whether is in order such policy decision was made to cast a shadow over international cooperation causes the conern again.

The International Whaling Commission (IWC) postponed its September meeting by a year to prevent the spread of COVID-19 virus.The gap with anti-whaling nations cannot be closed, even if Japan plans to participate quietly as a non-voting observer.

蒋鲜 译