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Re:Japan to rule out coal-fired plants as international crit... by yorwba on Saturday March 30, 2019 @08:33AM (#19529087)
> minke whales, aren't endangered,

Sure, they're only "near threatened". [1] I wonder though which classification would finally make Japan cut their whaling quota.

[1] https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2480/50350661

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Re:Japan to rule out coal-fired plants as international crit... by fiblye on Saturday March 30, 2019 @09:00AM (#19529192)
Massively disingenuous statement. The minke whales found closest to Japanese waters are least concern.[1] Japan also does controversially take some whales outside of its waters, though, and that's definitely a problem.

Regardless, it's not nearly as bad as eating the verifiably endangered yet popular bluefin tuna[2] or any variety of sturgeon or its caviar, of which pretty much all are on the verge of extinction.

[1] https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2474/50348265

[2] https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21860/9331546

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Re:Japan to rule out coal-fired plants as international crit... by yorwba on Saturday March 30, 2019 @09:24AM (#19529277)
Most minke whales caught by Japanese whalers were in Antarctic waters when they were still in the IWC. [1] I don't see how it is disingenuous to link to the classification of the whale that makes up most of their catch.

[1] https://iwc.int/table_permit

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