Sentences with phrase «research whaling program»

A study last year by the Democratic Party showed that the Institute of Cetacean Research, a ministry - controlled agency that oversees the research whaling program, reserves jobs for at least five former ministry officials, including one earning an annual salary of more than $ 130,000.

The Agriculture Ministry, which runs Japan's widely criticized research whaling program, said harassment by the group, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, had kept its catch far below its annual target of whales.

In the annex, 44 scientists from 18 of the 33 countries attending the session on Japan's research whaling program wrote, «the need for lethal sampling has not been demonstrated.»

«We demand that the government respect the international rules and not carry out any new research whaling program,» Greenpeace Japan said in a statement released last week.

Not exact matches

He employs programming to analyze data from research cruises, 6 - foot - long autonomous robotic gliders shaped like torpedoes that scout out endangered mammals, and buoys that «listen» to whales and identify the species.

In Cape Cod Bay, man - made noise has reduced right whales» acoustic habitat by as much as 80 percent, says Chris Clark, director of Cornell University's Bioacoustics Research Program.

Though Japan abandoned its Antarctic hunt for this year, it immediately vowed to retool its research program with an eye to resuming it as early as the 2015 - 2016 season, and eventually to resume commercial whaling as well.

Japanese whalers are now in the Southern Ocean, targeting 333 minke whales for the research program; it calls for killing 333 minke whales annually for the next 12 years.

Friedlaender says his research casts doubt on Japan's scientific whaling program, which has purported to study minke feeding biology and has killed between 240 and 860 of the animals every year since 1988.

The court ruled that Japan's JARPA II program, which sought to take some 850 minke whales, 50 fin whales, and 50 humpback whales, was not for the purposes of scientific research as stipulated in the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling.

TOKYO — Japan today unveiled its widely anticipated new whaling research program for the Antarctic.

But it also drew up a New Scientific Whale Research Program in the Antarctic Ocean (NEWREP - A) that calls for taking 333 minke whales a year for the next 12 years in addition to other nonlethal rResearch Program in the Antarctic Ocean (NEWREP - A) that calls for taking 333 minke whales a year for the next 12 years in addition to other nonlethal researchresearch.

Whaling opponents claim such data or close proxies can be gathered through nonlethal means and that Japan's research program is commercial whaling under anotheWhaling opponents claim such data or close proxies can be gathered through nonlethal means and that Japan's research program is commercial whaling under anothewhaling under another name.

The New Scientific Whale Research Program in the Antarctic Ocean replaces a similar project halted by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague last March.

«The evidence does not establish that the program's design and implementation are reasonable in relation to achieving its stated objectives,» said the court, which ordered Japan to immediately halt whaling operations under the Antarctic research program.

All of this is undetectable to someone at the surface, but the underwater impact and disturbance from these activities can be devastating to ocean life, especially for species such as the North Atlantic right whale,» said Dr. Christopher Clark, Senior Scientist for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology Bioacoustics Research Program.

Critics have long claimed that Japan's research program is a fig leaf to sidestep the IWC's 1982 moratorium on commercial whaling.

The program is an exploration of the Ocean Voyager exhibit and introduction to the Georgia Aquarium conservation and whale shark research program.

Through the research of beluga whales in both accredited U.S. facilities and in their natural environments, we are able to develop effective conservation, research and education programs that are essential to the survival and sustainability of belugas everywhere.

The tour company supports Pacific Whale Watch Association's guidelines for responsible whale - watching and donates a portion of the proceeds to sponsor local marine research progWhale Watch Association's guidelines for responsible whale - watching and donates a portion of the proceeds to sponsor local marine research progwhale - watching and donates a portion of the proceeds to sponsor local marine research programs.

Under the title of JARPN (Japanese Whale Research Program under Special Permit in the North Pacific), up to 100 whales were caught each year by a pelagic fleet consisting of the 7,198 to 7,575 gross ton factory ship Nisshin Maru and two to three sighting / sampling vessels — including Toshi Maru No. 25 (739.92 gross tons, 1994 — 1999), Toshi Maru No. 18 (758.33 gross tons, 1994 — 1998), Kyo Maru No. 1 (812.08 gross tons, 1995 — 1999), and Yushin Maru (720 gross tons, 1999)-- until 1999.

Relaying whale ID photos and sightings data to the Marine Education and Research Society and DFO's Cetacean Research Program.

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It appears that, for now at least, Watson is able to shift from his longstanding prime target — the Japanese fleet harpooning in Antarctic waters under a program described as research but widely criticized as an end run around a moratorium on commercial whaling.

But how you defend the Japanese practice of hypocritically lying about their commercial whaling operations to supply their restaurants with whale and dolphin meat with their ridiculous Whale Research Program is unbelievwhale and dolphin meat with their ridiculous Whale Research Program is unbelievWhale Research Program is unbelievable.

One jarringly titled research project was: «Comparative Experiment of Whaling Grenades in the Japanese Whale Research Programresearch project was: «Comparative Experiment of Whaling Grenades in the Japanese Whale Research ProgramResearch Program.»

One study from 2008, for instance, is titled «Comparative Experiment of Whaling Grenades in the Japanese Whale Research Program.»

When Japan announced its scientific whaling program in 1987, Japanese Fisheries Minister Moriyoshi Sato told its citizens, «The government will do its utmost to find ways to maintain the nation's whaling in the form of research or other forms.»

Japan's unilateral resumption of its so - called «scientific» hunt in the Southern Ocean last year is a slap in the face not just for the International Whaling Commission but also for the rule of law, as the International Court of Justice clearly ruled Japan's previous Antarctic «research» program to be illegal.

The ship is part of the Pacific Ocean Whale and Ecosystem Research program, a collaborative effort headed by the International Whaling Commission.

Physorg reports that Christopher Clark, the I.P. Johnson Director of the Bioacoustics Research Program at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology has created state - of - the - art acoustic animations that show how whale song gets lost among the noise of ship traffic, and therefore whales that require the quiet of the ocean to communicate over miles of open water are not able to hear one another's songs.

While we can all agree that Japan's scientific research program - under which it claims the prerogative to hunt 1,000 or so whales every year - is merely a front for a commercial whaling enterprise, we shouldn't have to resort to the type of vicious tactics employed by Watson and his crew to block its activities.

Just last September, an acoustic monitoring program was established by the Bioacoustics Research Program at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in alliance with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation for this very reason: to track whales» seasonal migration patterns and provide information to New York state policymakers who develop strategies and management plans to protect these threatened mammals.This listening system originated with the thirteen high - tech buoys deployed around Massachusetts Bay which sounds an alarm to ship captains warning them of the presence of whales so that they will reduce the sped of their vessels to 10program was established by the Bioacoustics Research Program at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in alliance with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation for this very reason: to track whales» seasonal migration patterns and provide information to New York state policymakers who develop strategies and management plans to protect these threatened mammals.This listening system originated with the thirteen high - tech buoys deployed around Massachusetts Bay which sounds an alarm to ship captains warning them of the presence of whales so that they will reduce the sped of their vessels to 10Program at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in alliance with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation for this very reason: to track whales» seasonal migration patterns and provide information to New York state policymakers who develop strategies and management plans to protect these threatened mammals.This listening system originated with the thirteen high - tech buoys deployed around Massachusetts Bay which sounds an alarm to ship captains warning them of the presence of whales so that they will reduce the sped of their vessels to 10 knots.