Professor Malgosia Fitzmaurice speaks to MENAFN about Japan's violation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
Whale meat on sale in Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo, in 2008. By Stefan Powell from Toronto, Canada - Save On Whale, CC BY 2.0, Link.
Sea Shepherd activist Paul Watson was arrested in Greenland in July, and could a possibly be extradited to Japan where he is accused of damaging a Japanese whaler in 2010 and injuring a crew member by throwing a stink bomb. His arrest has sparked international outraged and has raised questions about Japan's whaling industry.
Malgosia Fitzmaurice, Professor of Public International Law at Queen Mary University of London, point out that Japan is a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and must act to ensure the conservation of marine animals. She said: "Japan has violated its obligations by not carrying out a cross-border impact assessment and not consulting other North Pacific states or the commission on its plans for hunting fin whales,”.
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