Japan catches only 60% of targeted whales in FY 2007 due to sabotage

Monday 14th April, 02:37 PM JST

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Everton2 at 02:54 PM JST - 14th April

And i hope next year they will catch non!
cleo at 02:58 PM JST - 14th April

350 whales saved. Better than nothing. Next year, just stay at home, hmm?
some14some at 03:02 PM JST - 14th April

that is in line with Japan's decline in consumption and decline on economic front.
Fair dinkum! at 03:50 PM JST - 14th April

Well, that means 40% less poisoned children. Happiness is a disgruntled Japanese whaler.
realist at 06:41 PM JST - 14th April

Good News - pity it wasnt 100%, as it should be. The government@s recent attempts to try to get japanese people to eat whale meat are despicable. More power to the "saboteurs" next time - in my view, they are heroes.
Ninjazilla at 07:54 PM JST - 14th April

If they say 60% they probably caught even less!!!
cdninkyoto07 at 10:04 PM JST - 14th April

"Japan also planned to catch 50 fin whales, but the vessels failed to catch any because they found only a limited number of the whales."

Would this suggest that there are not sufficient numbers for Japan to be hunting them?!!!
dhammell at 04:23 AM JST - 15th April

Excuse me, but just how many whales does Japan need to perform research on and what kind of research is being performed? 900 whales??? This research angle is so transparent, it's obvious the whales are sources of food. If every country performed this exact same "research", the whales would be extinct in a year or two.
gogogo at 12:21 PM JST - 15th April

Tokyo had targeted a catch of some 850 southern minke whales

WRONG! they had targeted 1000 southern minke whales, please report this fact!!!
DeepAir65 at 05:10 PM JST - 15th April

Interesting article on the beeb: http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7346656.stm I did not realise - but not surprised - that I am paying these so called scientists.

But Greenpeace, the other conservation group who tailed the Japanese fleet through the waters of the Southern Ocean around Antarctica, pointed out that 551 whales were still caught this year - still considerably more than the 440 caught three years ago.

Also the other interesting quote was:

But a fisheries agency official made clear it was not the only factor. He said few fin whales were spotted, another reason why none of them were caught.

Because they are killing so many? (speculation)
Nessie at 06:55 PM JST - 15th April

Well there go the fish stocks. Time to set up a survival shelter before those marauding whales take over.