Greenpeace try eating whale to stop whaling
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As activists clash with Japanese whalers on their Antarctic hunt, other anti-whaling campaigners are doing the once unthinkable -- getting out chopsticks and tasting whale meat.
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Humpback whales are safe Â at least for now. Giving in to U.S. pressure and worldwide criticism, Japan's government on Friday announced a whaling fleet now in the Southern Ocean for its annual hunt will not kill the threatened species as originally planned. The fleet will, however, kill some 935 minke whales, a smaller, more plentiful species, and 50 fin whales.
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Anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd, which has clashed with Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean, will end its protest on Wednesday as its ships are running low on fuel.
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When environmental protestors boarded a Japanese whaling ship in the Southern Ocean, images of the action quickly flashed on the world's TV sets, followed by photos from the Japanese ship after the protestors were taken into custody. Getting these images out is crucial if either side is to win the global PR battle, but doing so can be problematic when you're at sea, thousands of kilometers from the nearest cell phone network or broadband connection.
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Anti-whaling nations New Zealand and Australia vowed Thursday to continue the fight to end Japan's annual whale hunts, warning that its plans to kill humpback whales off Antarctica in December could spark outrage. The warning comes just a day after Japan ended its latest southern whale program following a deadly fire that crippled the mother ship of its whaling fleet and left it drifting near the Antarctic coast. A crewman died in the fire.
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Our crushing appetite for carnivorous fish like salmon and tuna depletes the oceans of smaller, feeder fish, and endangers the planet's marine ecology
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Iceland is to begin exporting whalemeat, which campaigners say breaches wildlife trading rules.
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New Zealand has pressed Japan to prevent a stricken whaler from polluting Antarctic waters by accepting an embarrassing offer of help from a Greenpeace anti-whaling protest ship.
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BRUSSELS, Dec. 19 (IPS) - By 2050, seafood lovers may have to go for the  likes of 'jellyfish soup' and 'tofu cod and  chips' for want of fish in the sea. Because, environmental  activists say, the European Union is preparing a recipe for  disaster.
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A key food source for Antarctic seals, whales and penguins has declined about 80 percent since the 1970s in ocean waters near the Antarctic Peninsula, researchers report.
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Vote twice if you have two heads Greenpeace is considering taking legal action over the Government's expensive "consultation" process on reviving the nuclear power industry.â¦
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Southern right whales are coming under increased attacks from an unlikely predator: seagulls hungry for the mammals' skin and blubber.
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When environmental protestors boarded a Japanese whaling ship in the Southern Ocean, images of the action quickly flashed on the world&#39;s TV sets, followed by photos from the Japanese ship after the protestors were taken into custody. Getting these images out is crucial if either side is to win the global PR battle, but doing so can be problematic when you&#39;re at sea, thousands of kilometers from the nearest cell phone network or broadband connection.
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Greenpeace says it has chased off a factory ship from a Japanese whaling mission near Antarctica's coast.
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A key food source for Antarctic seals, whales and penguins has declined about 80 percent since the 1970s in waters near the Antarctic Peninsula, researchers report.
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A decomposing whale washed up yesterday near Scotch Beach. Reports indicate the whale is baleen, using plates along its upper jaw to strain food from water, said Scott Comings, director of Block Island programs for The Nature Conservancy.
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Japan has turned down an offer from  Greenpeace to tow a whaling ship that caught fire off the  Antarctic coast, recalling that activists of the conservation  group had boarded the same vessel almost a decade ago.