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.
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.
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.
IWC68: Reflections on the Future of the International Whaling Commission (Part 1 of 4)
2023-01-13
The resumption of commercial whaling was not Japan’s only policy goal at IWC68. Another policy goal was to uphold and promote the principle of sustainable use.
Revisiting the Roots of the Whaling Issue: The Relationship Between Humans and Nature
2022-09-21
In practice the IWC has already abandoned the management of whale resources and whaling, and the Western worldview caused this situation.
Revisiting the Roots of the Whaling Issue: Sustainable Use, Environmental Protection
2022-09-21
Not the whaling moratorium, but the defense and promotion of the general principle of sustainable use is the important policy issue for many countries.