Japan’s Introduction from the Sea of Sei Whale Meat: the Breaking Point of CITES?
A cornerstone of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is the exertion of market control when a species’ biological status is put at risk by commercial demand. This is the crux of an Appendix I listing under CITES; once a species is listed on App...
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ftredfame:oai:ojs.www.redfame.com:article/3379 2023-10-01T03:59:24+02:00 Japan’s Introduction from the Sea of Sei Whale Meat: the Breaking Point of CITES? Jayne Lyman, Erica Jamin, Olivier 2018-06-22 application/pdf https://redfame.com/journal/index.php/ijlpa/article/view/3379 https://doi.org/10.11114/ijlpa.v1i1.3379 eng eng Redfame Publishing https://redfame.com/journal/index.php/ijlpa/article/view/3379/3539 https://redfame.com/journal/index.php/ijlpa/article/view/3379 doi:10.11114/ijlpa.v1i1.3379 Copyright (c) 2018 Erica Jayne Lyman, Olivier Jamin http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 International Journal of Law and Public Administration; Vol 1, No 1 (2018); 68-77 2576-2184 2576-2192 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2018 ftredfame https://doi.org/10.11114/ijlpa.v1i1.3379 2023-09-03T06:47:40Z A cornerstone of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is the exertion of market control when a species’ biological status is put at risk by commercial demand. This is the crux of an Appendix I listing under CITES; once a species is listed on Appendix I it may not be imported or introduced from the sea in order to be used for primarily commercial purposes. As CITES has evolved and strengthened over its forty three-year history, the Parties have agreed specific compliance measures and policy initiatives targeted toward both building upon and supporting this cornerstone. And, yet, one decision at the upcoming Standing Committee puts at risk the reputation and integrity on which CITES stands.Since 2002 Japan has introduced from the sea sei whales and sold the meat, blubber, and other products commercially in order to raise money to support its whaling operations. Because Japan does not have a reservation for the North Pacific population of sei whale, which is listed on Appendix I, Japan’s actions are in clear contravention of the Convention. The question is whether the Standing Committee is willing to hold Japan accountable for nearly 20 years of non-compliance in a demonstration of the integrity and reputation of the Convention or whether politics and power triumph. Article in Journal/Newspaper Sei Whale Redfame Publishing: E-Journals Pacific International Journal of Law and Public Administration 1 1 68 |
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A cornerstone of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is the exertion of market control when a species’ biological status is put at risk by commercial demand. This is the crux of an Appendix I listing under CITES; once a species is listed on Appendix I it may not be imported or introduced from the sea in order to be used for primarily commercial purposes. As CITES has evolved and strengthened over its forty three-year history, the Parties have agreed specific compliance measures and policy initiatives targeted toward both building upon and supporting this cornerstone. And, yet, one decision at the upcoming Standing Committee puts at risk the reputation and integrity on which CITES stands.Since 2002 Japan has introduced from the sea sei whales and sold the meat, blubber, and other products commercially in order to raise money to support its whaling operations. Because Japan does not have a reservation for the North Pacific population of sei whale, which is listed on Appendix I, Japan’s actions are in clear contravention of the Convention. The question is whether the Standing Committee is willing to hold Japan accountable for nearly 20 years of non-compliance in a demonstration of the integrity and reputation of the Convention or whether politics and power triumph. |
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