Japan’s coastal sea hunts an extinction risk for species: environmental group

By Elaine Kurtenbach, AP

TOKYO — Japan’s hunts of smaller whales, dolphins and porpoises threaten some species with extinction, an environmental group said Thursday.

Catch quotas are based on data collected as much as 20 years ago and some species have been over-hunted beyond the point of recovery, the Environmental Investigation Agency said in its report …

China Post – November 1, 2013, 12:09 am TWN
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New EIA Report Slams Japan’s Dolphin Hunts

By James A. Foley

A new report from the UK’s Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) suggests that key whale and dolphin species are at risk of being eliminated in Japan due to overhunting.

In its report “Toxic Catch: Japan’s unsustainable and irresponsible whale, dolphin and porpoise hunts” ( www.eia-international.org/toxi… ), the EIA urges the government of Japan to begin to phase out its whale and dolphin hunting practices over the next decade …

Nature World News – Oct 31, 2013 03:10 PM EDT
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