Africa fish fall blamed on Japan (BBC) {Japan blames the whales -- WTF?!?}

[eppur_se_muova]

By Richard Black
Environment correspondent, BBC News website

A coalition of conservation groups and a leading fisheries scientist have accused Japan of damaging the fisheries interests of poorer countries.

They say Japan promotes the argument that whales are responsible for declining fish stocks in order to boost support for whale hunting.

They say this stops poor countries from focussing on real causes of decline.

A spokesman for Japan's whale research institution described the accusation as "absurd and irresponsible".

The groups involved presented their conclusions on the sidelines of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) annual meeting.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7470934.stm

[bahrbearian]

1. They must have Rove working in their PR department.

Clean Sky's more pollution , Healthy forest more development and logging