Japan's whaling plan under scrutiny

Useful science or unregulated commercial whaling? Nicholas J. Gales, Toshio Kasuya, Phillip J. Clapham and Robert L. Brownell Jr consider the scientific merits of Japan's whaling activities. But is it science? Japan has told the International Whaling Commission (IWC) of plans to double its annu...

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Published in:Nature 2005-06, Vol.435 (7044), p.883-884
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