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25 Jun 08
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A coalition of conservation groups and a leading fisheries scientist have accused Japan of damaging the fisheries interests of poorer countries.
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They say Japan promotes the argument that whales are responsible for declining fish stocks in order to boost support for whale hunting.
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There is little doubt that fish stocks globally are shrinking. One recent major study projected there would be no commercial fisheries left in 50 years if current trends continued.
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Some developing countries, notably along the west coast of Africa, have seen stocks fall abruptly as fleets from Europe and East Asia have moved either legally or illegally into grounds that had previously been the preserve of small scale local fishermen.
But some of these countries evidently believe the fish are disappearing largely because whales are eating them.
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Dr Pauly said that focussing on whales diverted attention from the real causes of depletion.
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Dr Pauly argues that whales cannot be a significant cause of fisheries decline because in the past, numbers of both whales and fish were much higher than they are now.
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24 Jun 08
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