Word: moronuki
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...only whaling fleet, owned by Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha of Tokyo, a ship-chartering firm. Sales of the meat are used solely to fund Japan's Institute of Cetacean Research (ICR), which conducts the studies. "The IWC convention stipulates that any by-product be processed and used," explains Hideki Moronuki of the Fisheries Agency. But independent scientists say the slaughter is wildly disproportionate to the research it produces...
...considers the excessive regulation of marine resources--a crucial issue for a country that consumes a third of the world's catch of tuna. Japan has repeatedly been accused of overfishing. "If we allow whaling to be banned on the basis of unscientific reasons and value judgments," says Moronuki, "the [restrictions] may extend to other fisheries as well...
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