David @ Tokyo
Perspective from Japan on whaling and whale meat, a spot of gourmet news, and monthly updates of whale meat stockpile statistics5/17/2006
IWC 2006: Norway admonishes its critics
I highlighted the careless flimsy nature of the criticism, noting that Norway is setting quotas in line with the RMP, and Norway of course quickly hit back in the media.
Norway has now formalised their rebuttal, summoning diplomats from the nations:
Diplomats Reprimanded Over Whaling Protest11:32 AM, 17 May 2006
Norway's foreign ministry has summoned diplomats from 12 countries, including New Zealand, to protest against what it called "unfounded attacks" on Norway's whaling practice.
In April, 12 anti-whaling nations handed over a letter of protest to Norway accusing it of endangering minke whales by raising its annual hunting quota.
This year, Norway authorised its whalers to take 1,052 minke whales, up from 796 in 2005.
The total minke population is estimated at more than 100,000 in the North Atlantic.
The 12 protesting countries also accused Norway of pressuring its researchers to justify large-scale destruction of the species.
The foreign ministry called the diplomats to a meeting yesterday to inform them that their allegations were "unfounded".
And Norway is to be congratulated for taking this firm political action. They are not obliged to be the environmental punching bag for politicians on the other side of the world, particularly when the protesting nations themselves are more than happy to permit the deaths of their own marine mammals for the benefit of their own local squid fisheries. Norway's move shows the world quite unequivocally that it is not prepared to be a destination for exported environmentalism.
http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1325197.ece
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