Institute of Cetacean Research
The is a Japanese research organization that claims to specialise in "biological and social sciences related to whales" but is widely believed to be a front for commercial whaling.In the past, it killed several hundred whales per year in the name of its 'research', the validity and necessity of which has been called into question. Among its activities, the ICR also used to sell "whale research byproducts" commercially, which environmental groups denounced as commercial whaling in disguise, which is banned by the International Whaling Commission (IWC). In March 2014, the International Court of Justice formally ruled that the ICR's whaling program was not for scientific purposes, as claimed, and ordered Japan to immediately cease its operation.
In 2019, the Japanese government resumed commercial whaling, and, in March 2020, the ICR ended its sale of "whale research byproducts", claiming that the institute would only carry out non-lethal research moving forward. Provided by Wikipedia
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1by Uchida, Mayuka, Suzuki, Ippei, Ito, Keizo, Ishizuka, Mayumi, Ikenaka, Yoshinori, Nakayama, Shouta M. M., Tamura, Tsutomu, Konishi, Kenji, Bando, Takeharu, Mitani, YokoContributors: “...Institute of Cetacean Research...”
Published in Polar Biology (2021)
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2by Sasaki, Hiroko, Murase, Hiroto, Kiwada, Hiroshi, Matsuoka, Koji, Mitani, Yoko, Saitoh, Sei‐ichiContributors: “...Institute of Cetacean Research...”
Published in Fisheries Oceanography (2013)
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3by Murase, Hiroto, Hakamada, Takashi, Matsuoka, Koji, Nishiwaki, Shigetoshi, Inagake, Denzo, Okazaki, Makoto, Tojo, Naoki, Kitakado, ToshihideContributors: “...Institute of Cetacean Research...”
Published in Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography (2014)
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4by Branch, T.A., Stafford, K.M., Palacios, D.M., Allison, C., Bannister, J.L., Burton, C.L.K., Cabrera, E., Carlson, C.A., Galletti Vernazzani, B., Gill, P.C., Hucke-Gaete, R., Jenner, K.C.S., Jenner, M.N.M., Matsuoka, K., Mikhalev, Y.A., Miyashita, T., Morrice, M.G., Nishiwaki, S., Sturrock, V.J., Tormosov, D., Anderson, R.C., Baker, A.N., Best, P.B., Borsa, Philippe, Brownell, Jr, R.L., Childerhouse, S., Findlay, K.P., Gerrodette, T., Ilangakoon, A.D., Joergensen, M., Kahn, B., Ljungblad, D.K., Maughan, B., Mc Cauley, R.D., Mc Kay, S., Norris, T.F., Rankin, S., Samaran, Flore, Thiele, D., van Waerebeek, K., Warneke, R.M.Contributors: “...The Institute of Cetacean Research...”
Published in Mammal Review (2007)
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5by Branch, T.A., Stafford, K.M., Palacios, D.M., Allison, C., Bannister, J.L., Burton, C.L.K., Cabrera, E., Carlson, C.A., Galletti Vernazzani, B., Gill, P.C., Hucke-Gaete, R., Jenner, K.C.S., Jenner, M.N.M., Matsuoka, K., Mikhalev, Y.A., Miyashita, T., Morrice, M.G., Nishiwaki, S., Sturrock, V.J., Tormosov, D., Anderson, R.C., Baker, A.N., Best, P.B., Borsa, Philippe, Brownell, Jr, R.L., Childerhouse, S., Findlay, K.P., Gerrodette, T., Ilangakoon, A.D., Joergensen, M., Kahn, B., Ljungblad, D.K., Maughan, B., Mc Cauley, R.D., Mc Kay, S., Norris, T.F., Rankin, S., Samaran, Flore, Thiele, D., Van Waerebeek, K., Warneke, R.M.Contributors: “...The Institute of Cetacean Research...”
Published in Mammal Review (2007)
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6by Branch, T.A., Stafford, K.M., Palacios, D.M., Allison, C., Bannister, J.L., Burton, C.L.K., Cabrera, E., Carlson, C.A., Galletti Vernazzani, B., Gill, P.C., Hucke-Gaete, R., Jenner, K.C.S., Jenner, M.N.M., Matsuoka, K., Mikhalev, Y.A., Miyashita, T., Morrice, M.G., Nishiwaki, S., Sturrock, V.J., Tormosov, D., Anderson, R.C., Baker, A.N., Best, P.B., Borsa, Philippe, Brownell, Jr, R.L., Childerhouse, S., Findlay, K.P., Gerrodette, T., Ilangakoon, A.D., Joergensen, M., Kahn, B., Ljungblad, D.K., Maughan, B., Mc Cauley, R.D., Mc Kay, S., Norris, T.F., Rankin, S., Samaran, Flore, Thiele, D., Van Waerebeek, K., Warneke, R.M.Contributors: “...The Institute of Cetacean Research...”
Published in Mammal Review (2007)
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