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You are here: Home / Archives for whaling

2 Calif. chefs charged with serving whale

February 9, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press LOS ANGELES, Calif. (AP) — A now-shuttered Southern California sushi restaurant and two of its chefs were indicted on conspiracy and other charges for allegedly serving illegal and endangered whale meat, authorities said Friday, Feb. 1.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Canada, Culver City, Eating Sei, Ginichi Ohira, Korea, Norway, Santa Monica, Typhoon Restaurant Inc, Vol 32 No 7 | February 9 - February 15, japan, whaling

Commentary: In the whaling debate, consider empirical justification over illogical fallacies

April 29, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The current whaling debate is one that is perpetually heated, and one that will be around for quite some time. Among the many political and emotional maelstroms

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: 2011, Asia, Canada, Captain Watson, Commodore Perry, European Union, Janell Duey, Masayuki Komatsu, Perhaps Japan, Sea Shepherd, Spain, Vol 30 No 18 | April 30 - May 6, WWII, Whale Wars, attention, culture, whaling

You Talkin’ To Me?: Racism sells: The anti-whaling movement and Japan

March 24, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Japanese whaling and dolphin hunting has attracted international media attention. The Shepherd Society, headed by founder Paul Watson, has been one of the leaders

Filed Under: Column: You Talkin' to Me? Tagged With: 2010, 2011, Academy Award, American President, Friday Harbor, International Whaling Commission, Jack Metcalfe, Northwest Asian Weekly, Norway, Paul Watson, Ronald Reagan, Sea Shepard Society, Sea Shepherd Society, Sierra Club, United States, Vol 30 No 13 | March 26 - April 1, attention, japan, whaling

Japanese mayor defends dolphin hunts

August 26, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

TAIJI, Japan (AP) — As children in inner tubes bob on the calm waters of this small ocean cove, a 550-pound dolphin zips through the crowd in pursuit of raw squid tossed out by a trainer.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Councilman Hisato Ryono, Hayato Sakurai, Katsutoshi Mihara, Louie Psihoyos, Mayor Kazutaka Sangen, Mayor Sangen, TAIJI, Tokyo, Vol 29 No 35 | August 28 - September 3, attention, japan, whaling

Will school board member step down due to controversial e-mail?

July 8, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

He became the northwest director of Sea Shepard, an international marine wildlife conservation organization, where his opposition to aboriginal whaling and arguments against the Makah tribe whale hunt led to criticisms that his comments were racist.

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2010, Calista Phair, Don Hatch, Effective July, Everett Herald, Gregor Jackson, Kevin Laverty, Marysville School District Board, Marysville Tulalip, Mel Sheldon, Michael Kundu, Sea Shepard, Superintendent Larry Nyland, Tulalip Tribes, Vol 29 No 28 | July 10 - July 16, Washington State School Director, letter, whaling

Nations are divided over lifting 25-year ban on whale hunting

June 24, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

AMSTERDAM (AP) — A showdown looms this week over the 25-year ban on commercial whaling: Should it be eased, which might mean fewer whales are killed?

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, Alaskan Inuit, Antarctic Whale Sanctuary, Atlantic Ocean, Australia, Environment Protection Minister Peter Garrett, Iceland, Monica Median, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Pew Environment Group, Vol 29 No 26 | June 26 - July 2, WWF, Wendy Elliott, japan, whaling

Japan whaling fleet brings home catch below target

April 13, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Japan’s biggest whaling ship returned to Tokyo on Monday bringing home only half its catch target after its expedition to the Antarctic Ocean was disrupted by anti-whaling protesters …

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: Antarctic Ocean, Fisheries Agency, International Whaling Commission, Peter Bethune, Sea Shepherd, Shonan Maru, Takashi Mori, Tokyo, japan, whaling

Japan arrests whaling activist for boarding ship

March 16, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Japan’s coast guard arrested an anti-whaling activist from New Zealand on Friday for boarding a whaling ship without permission last month, in the latest incident in the ongoing battle over Japanese whaling …

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: Ady Gil, Associated Press Writer Mari Yamaguchi, Fisheries Minister Hirotaka Akamatsu, International Whaling Commission, Masahiro Ichijo, NHK, New Zealand, Paul Watson, Peter Bethune, Sea Shepherd, Shonan Maru, Tokyo, japan, whaling

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