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Whaling

Stakeholders and how they are

interacting to resolve the issue


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Who are the stakeholders?

Australian Government

- The citizens they represent



International Whaling

Commission

- Representing all member

nations including indigenous

groups

International Whaling

Commission

- Representing all member

nations including indigenous

groups

Conservation Groups

- Sea Shepherd

- Greenpeace

- WWF

Conservation Groups

- Sea Shepherd

- Greenpeace

- WWF

Japanese Government


Japanese Government



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The IWC


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Santiago Meeting


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Member nations


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AKA: The Paper Tiger


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The Japanese Government


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How E vironmental groups are

portraye y Japanese

Press Release Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha, Ltd January19, 2008

Further Terrorism by Sea Shepherd Conservation

Society (SS)

SS attacked Yushin-maru No.3 at night At two a.m.18th of January, SS Zodiac boat sneaked up

during dark night and attacked her sister ship,

Yushin-Maru No.3, one of the Antarctic researchexpedition vessels owned by the Kyodo Senpaku

Kaisha, by throwing 10 butyric acid bottles.


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Japanese and Australian Government

Interaction


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Portrayal of Japanese scientific

whaling


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Greenpeace


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Greenpeace Diplomacy


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Non-violent Campaigning


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Sea Shepherd


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Founder


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In Action: Sea Shepherd Diplomacy


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Senator the Hon Don

Farrell

The Hon Tony Burke MP

Prime Minister Julia Gillard


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IWC Reps


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Stephen Smith

"The point I would make is I think it's very

unfortunate the Australian side has indicated

its intention to take action in an international

court.

"We also agreed on the point that the whaling

issue should not jeopardise the Australia-

Japan relationship which overall is an

extremely good one."


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The Australian Whale Sanctuary

Under the Environment Protection and BiodiversityConservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) all cetaceans are

protected in Australian waters:

theAustralian Whale Sanctuary includes all

Commonwealth waters from the three nautical milestate waters limit out to the boundary of the Exclusive

Economic Zone (i.e. out to 200 nautical miles andfurther in some places)

within the Sanctuary it is an offence to kill, injure orinterfere with a cetacean. Severe penalties apply to

anyone convicted of such offencesall states andterritories also protect whales and dolphins within

their waters


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Whale Watching Regulations

Whale and dolphin watching is regulated in the Australian WhaleSanctuary.

TheAustralian National Guidelines for Whale and DolphinWatching are reflected in the Environment Protection and

Biodiversity Conservation Act Regulations.

The regulations apply to all people interacting with whales anddolphins including commercial operators (tourist or otherwise)

and people conducting recreational activities.

The regulations specify how vessels, aircraft and people mustbehave around these animals. For example, vessels must notdeliberately approach whales closer than 100m. Within 300mvessels must use caution and travel at low speed. Touching or

feeding whales and dolphins is prohibited.


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Agree to disagree

Australia's prime

minister, Kevin

Rudd, discussed

whaling concerns

with Japan's foreignminister Katsuya

Okada, during a

Sydney visit.


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The Rudd Governments Actions

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