Two Competing Models of Activism, One Goal: A Case Study of Anti-Whaling Campaigns in the Southern Ocean
In February 2011, in the midst of Japan's widely-criticized research whale hunt, the Japanese Agriculture Minister Michihiko Kano called the whaling fleet home months ahead of plan and hundreds short of its kill quota. The reason given for the abrupt end to the whaling season was harassment by...
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ftyaleunivlawsch:oai:openyls.law.yale.edu:20.500.13052/6638 2023-05-15T18:25:19+02:00 Two Competing Models of Activism, One Goal: A Case Study of Anti-Whaling Campaigns in the Southern Ocean Moffa, Anthony 2021-11-25T13:35:05.000 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13052/6638 https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/yjil/vol37/iss1/6 https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1413&context=yjil&unstamped=1 unknown yjil/vol37/iss1/6 9334723 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13052/6638 https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/yjil/vol37/iss1/6 https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1413&context=yjil&unstamped=1 Yale Journal of International Law 2021 ftyaleunivlawsch https://doi.org/20.500.13052/6638 2022-01-16T07:12:54Z In February 2011, in the midst of Japan's widely-criticized research whale hunt, the Japanese Agriculture Minister Michihiko Kano called the whaling fleet home months ahead of plan and hundreds short of its kill quota. The reason given for the abrupt end to the whaling season was harassment by a nongovernmental organization (NGO) called the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (Sea Shepherds). For years, the Japanese fleet had taken pride in its ability to outrun environmental activists, and Japan had refused to put an end to its research whaling operations in the face of resolutions from the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and repeated cessation requests. Ultimately, it was confrontation instigated by a renegade group, rather than any international resolution or NGO pressure, that brought an abrupt end to Japan's controversial whaling practices. Other/Unknown Material Southern Ocean Yale Law School Legal Scholarship Repository (eYLS) Southern Ocean |
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In February 2011, in the midst of Japan's widely-criticized research whale hunt, the Japanese Agriculture Minister Michihiko Kano called the whaling fleet home months ahead of plan and hundreds short of its kill quota. The reason given for the abrupt end to the whaling season was harassment by a nongovernmental organization (NGO) called the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (Sea Shepherds). For years, the Japanese fleet had taken pride in its ability to outrun environmental activists, and Japan had refused to put an end to its research whaling operations in the face of resolutions from the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and repeated cessation requests. Ultimately, it was confrontation instigated by a renegade group, rather than any international resolution or NGO pressure, that brought an abrupt end to Japan's controversial whaling practices. |
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Two Competing Models of Activism, One Goal: A Case Study of Anti-Whaling Campaigns in the Southern Ocean |
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