Whaling super ship planned (will carry 6000 tons of whale meat)

[Barrett808]

Source: The Daily Telegraph

Whaling super ship planned
By Lauren Williams
December 21, 2007 12:00am

THE Japanese Government plans to build a "super" factory whaling ship, committing to another 40 years of whaling operations, Greenpeace said yesterday.

Greenpeace made the explosive allegations in claiming Mitsubishi Heavy Industries may be in discussion with a government loan agency to build a replacement to the ageing Nisshin Maru, which is on whaling operations in the Southern Ocean Sanctuary.

With three times the capacity of the Nisshin Maru, the new ship would carry 6000 tonnes of whale meat and could cost $218 million.

Greenpeace revealed the plans ahead of diplomatic discussions between Japan and Australia, announced yesterday and scheduled within the coming weeks.

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22956375-5001021,00.html

[Double T]

1. Japanese are determined to drive the whale populations to extinction.

IDIOTS!!!

[Barrett808]

8. Not at all -- this is "marine resource management"

And it's scientific, dontcha know.

[Double T]

21. Between the Japanese eating whales and the Chinese eating dogs.........

I've really had it with these damn asian diets!!

[YOY]

2. All that blubbery goodness (the no-one really wants to eat...) in one big container!

It's wrong on so many levels...

[Teaser]

3. Excellent news

Nothing says I love the environment like sweet, delicious whale.

[saigon68]

5. Let them eat tacks or library paste

[LeftyMom]

4. They already kill more whales than anybody wants to eat

They can't even give enough of it away in school lunches, nor sell it as dog food. But damned if they don't want to kill more.

Fucking idiots.

[saigon68]

7. Please don't call them Fucking Idiots

Most "fucking idiots" don't want to be associated with these Environmental Gangsters

[Teaser]

14. usually unpopular foodstuffs aren't subsidized by the govt

except, apparently in Japan.

[fascisthunter]

6. Eat Something Else (nt)

[BrklynLiberal]

9. WHY????????

[allisonthegreat]

10. Looks like they are bound and determined...n/t

[earthboundmisfit]

11. The whales may get their revenge

If the sea levels rise enough, most or all of Japan may end up under water.

[IntravenousDemilo]

13. That would make a great movie.

The year is 2040. Because of climate change spurred on partly by Japanese industry, half of Tokyo is under water. And then the whales ATTACK!

[Teaser]

15. head mounted machine guns will do it

.

[Blue_In_AK]

12. This is stupid.

At least Alaska Natives use umiaks and don't take more than they can use. The Japanese should be ashamed of themselves.

[boricua79]

16. Where is a Yemeni boat terrorist when you need one? NT

[HuffleClaw]

17. yum

blubber for everyone !

[Number9Dream]

18. If the Japanese govt. is in the whaling business...

other govts should covertly fund Sea Shepherd and turn away all whalers from their ports.

http://www.seashepherd.org/whales/

[Judi Lynn]

19. It would be wonderful to see a grass-roots effort made to encourage governments to turn away

these clowns from their ports.

Maybe protests could be launched by citizens everywhere they go ashore.

They should NOT be allowed to make this decision which affects the entire worlds' interests.

[progressoid]

20. Hey, lets boycott everything Japanese.

Oh shit. That might be a problem.

[bhikkhu]

22. Only one ship to sink, then?

To protect how many species of intelligent mammals from miserable death?