But I wonder: If Westerners had ignored Japan’s whaling, would its whaling have died sooner, of its own internal economic problems?
via Did Outsider Pressure Speed The End Of Japan’s Antarctic Whaling—Or Prolong It? | Carl Safina.
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I agree with posts on that site. It seems to have brought the issue to the Japanese populace – what effect did that have? Hmmmm
Only tenuously related, but good to see the Navy funding research into its effects on deep-sea cetaceans:
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0017009