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Proposed research plan for New Scientific Whale Research Program in the Antarctic Ocean (NEWREP-A) [1]

Japan has unveiled a plan to kill 333 minke whales in the Southern Ocean next year as part of its push to resume whaling following a legal setback instigated by Australia. The plan, released by the Japanese government on Tuesday, sets out a 12-year program that would result in the slaughter of a total of 3,996 whales. The whales will be hunted in a vast sweep of Antarctic waters, including ocean claimed by Australia.

Publication Date: 
18/11/2014
Government of Japan [2]
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Whales [3], Marine Ecosystems [4], Japan [5], Research [6], Science [7], Marine Life [8], Environment [9], Ecology [10]
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