Japan's whaling plan under scrutiny

Gales, Nicholas J.; Kasuya, Toshio; Clapham, Phillip J.; Brownell, Robert L.

doi:10.1038/435883a

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“…Despite being the most numerous cetacean in the Southern Ocean and the subject of a contentious lethal sampling program, no efforts were made to directly study the underwater behavior of these important predators (Gales et al, 2005). Because of the logistical constraints of working in and around sea ice in a remote environment, the difficulty of approaching whales closely enough for tagging, and the only recent advancement of multi-sensor tag technology, data on Antarctic minke whale behavior remained elusive.…”

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Feeding rates and under-ice foraging strategies of the smallest lunge filter feeder, the Antarctic minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis)

Friedlaender

Goldbogen

Nowacek

et al. 2014

Journal of Experimental Biology

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Body size and feeding mode are two fundamental characteristics that determine foraging performance and ecological niche. As the smallest obligate lunge filter feeders, minke whales represent an ideal system for studying the physical and energetic limits of filter feeding in endotherms. We used multi-sensor suction cup tags to quantify the feeding performance of Antarctic minke whales. Foraging dives around and beneath sea ice contained up to 24 lunges per dive, the highest feeding rates for any lunge-feeding whale. Their small size allows minke whales access to krill in sea-ice environments not easily accessible to larger baleen whales. Furthermore, their ability to filter feed provides an advantage over other smaller sympatric krill predators such as penguins and seals that feed on individual prey. The unique combination of body size, feeding mechanism and seaice habitat of Antarctic minke whales defines a previously undocumented energetic niche that is unique among aquatic vertebrates.

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Feeding rates and under-ice foraging strategies of the smallest lunge filter feeder, the Antarctic minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis)

Friedlaender

Goldbogen

Nowacek

et al. 2014

Journal of Experimental Biology

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“…The risk for Japan is that dependence upon these revenues could drive its quotas for scientific whaling, yet leave the real scientific questions unaddressed." 145 A similar point may be found in Ishii' s recent article arguing that Japan' s real interest lies not in reforming the IWC, but in maintaining the status quo. 146 Through a "counterfactual thought experiment"Atsushi Ishii raises the question of what would happen if the moratorium was lifted?…”

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The Whaling Dispute in the South Pacific: An Australian Perspective

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2011

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“…Anti-whaling proponents have long advanced arguments that are sourced to animal welfare and other ethical criteria, viewing whaling as uncivilized, barbaric and cruel [7], as well as citing the ''unscientific'' nature of lethal sampling [8] and the potential dangers surrounding the hunting of some cetacean species whose population structures are still unknown. 4 Currently, Japan is whaling for ''scientific purposes'' in the context of a ''Japanese Whale Research Program under Special Permit in the Antarctic'' (JARPA), and since 1994 in the context of a corresponding program for the Northwest Pacific (JARPN), 5 in accordance with Article VIII.1 of the ICRW, 6 whilst also maintaining small scale coastal whaling, hunting species not subject to the ICRW 7 (Baird's beaked whales and pilot whales).…”

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