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A @SeaShepherd Moment in History 03JAN2011 "For all the critics who have been saying the anti-whaling campaigns...

A @SeaShepherd Moment in History 03JAN2011 "For all the critics who have been saying the anti-whaling campaigns...

On the 4th of November 2009, the US representative for the International Whaling Commission (IWC) Monica Medina met with the chief of the Japanese fishing agency, Katsuhiro Machida, in Tokyo. Medina said that “ there are reasons for Japan to reduce its present fishing quotas” and claimed that she would work so that the EU and Australia wouldn’t veto the agreement. The IWC was working on a plan that would halve the Japanese quota and save 14000 whales in 10 years. The director of the Japanese fishing agency, Katsuhiro Machida, pointed out that there were matters outside of the IWC that influenced Japan´s position. One of these was “the violent protests of Sea Shepherds, that could limit Japan’s negotiating flexibility” and that “ the Netherlands should act against the Sea Shepherds” since they use the Dutch flag as well as “appreciate the initiative of the US government in ...

Full article: http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/2011/01/03/wiki...

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