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Gentle, and increasingly friendly to whale watchers, fin whales enjoy worldwide protection as their population struggles to recover from whaling. However, Iceland defies world agreements and hunts these whales, often selling the meat illegally to Japan.
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Tokyo -
Japan's Fisheries Agency reports the Japanese whaling fleet took 267 whales during the 2011-12 whaling season. Although numbers fell far short of the 900 quota allotted, it still exceeded last season's take by 172 whales.
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Washington -
The Environmental Investigation Agency is confirming Amazon.com has now officially banned the sale of all whale and dolphin products from its wholly owned Japanese website.
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Oslo -
When it comes to whaling, Japan grabs the news more than any other nation, but Norway has its own love affair with whaling.
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"When Dolphins Cry" documents the more than 30-year fight by a group of dedicated international conservationists, to end the brutal slaughter of dolphins in Japan.
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Tokyo -
A refreshing editorial from one Japanese media entity says the argument for whale meat consumption, based upon tradition in Japan, is "hardly compelling."
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Japanese whalers have captured three Australian environmental activists who illegally boarded the Shonan Maru 2 whaling support vessel over the weekend.
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Miami -
In a play on the Occupy Wall Street movement, dolphin activists are planning a demonstration outside the Consulate General of Japan in Miami next week, to protest the ongoing slaughter of dolphins in Taiji.
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Taiji -
Although the start of the dolphin drive season in Taiji, Japan was delayed by Typhoon Talas, midway through the season 425 dolphins have been driven into the cove.
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How embarrassing. In 2010, the Australian government announced that it wanted an end to whaling in the Southern Ocean Whaling Sanctuary, yet a news report has revealed four Australian companies have been importing whale meat since 2005.
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A study of hormones in whale faeces shows that right whales are stressed by propeller noise from shipping.
What happens to the carcasses of dead whales?
The unusual sight of humpback whales intervening in a killer whale hunt has been caught on camera by a BBC/National Geographic film crew.
Beluga whales are among rare species recorded at, or near to, proposed sites for marine renewables, according to a new report.
Whales that use sound to navigate are able to adjust the sensitivity of their hearing to protect their ears from loud noises, say scientists.
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Vermeulen, a cove guardian for Sea Shepherd has been arrested in Taiji
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