IWC69 Report: Has the International Whaling Commission become a Zombie?
2025-02-17
[SPONSORED] Dr Joji Morishita, Japan’s non-member observer to the IWC, discusses IWC69 and prospects for the whaling commission’s future in a 5-part series.
Fisheries and Food Security in Japan’s Rich Waters
2024-12-07
[SPONSORED] Achieving sustainable use requires more food self-sufficiency, using diverse local fisheries and whale resources.
Getting to Food Security with More Variety in Food Sources
2024-12-06
[SPONSORED] It is “reckless and dangerous” to global food security that 90% of humanity’s food supply is supported by only 23 foodstuffs.
Whales in the Context of Food Security
2024-12-05
[SPONSORED] Diversifying local food sources, including whales, would help broaden the recklessly narrowed food basket of 23 species.
[Food Trek] Kochi Celebrates its Whale Cuisine and 400 Years of Whaling
2023-02-23
Visit Cape Muroto in Kochi and learn more about living with whales at the museum, then sample delicious local whale cuisine at friendly local restaurants.
Endangered Gray Whale Bones Unearthed as Students and Researchers Take On Super Science Project
2023-02-17
Japanese students learn about the ocean in a project helping university researchers to recover the bones of an endangered gray whale in Chiba that died in 2016.
[Food Trek] Hakodate, Where Whale Soup is a New Year’s Dish and Every Household has its Own Recipe
2023-02-07
“It is important not to lose our food culture” says Professor Takashi Matsuishi, adding that whale should be used “sustainably based on scientific evidence.”
IWC68: ‘Sustainable Use’ is the Next Challenge (Part 4 of 4)
2023-01-23
After IWC68, the institution must adapt to include member countries deeply divided in their views toward living marine resources and values of sustainable use.
IWC68: New Contested Issues Emerging from the South (Part 3 of 4)
2023-01-22
Overall, in IWC68 the process intended to produce fairness under Western standards was incapable of meeting the needs of developing countries.
IWC68: An International Whaling Commission in Crisis (Part 2 of 4)
2023-01-18
The IWC68 financial crisis highlights the IWC’s reduced priority for scientific decision making and raises concerns among pro-sustainable use nations.