"A Whale of a Controversy," (photo essay) Foreign Policy

[Michael Thompson]

Seafood and fishing does not get touched on too much in PEFAS for whatever reason, but I thought some of you might be interested in this photo essay re Japan's continued whaling, and abuse of loopholes for scientific research in IWC rules.

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/07/31/a_whale_of_a_controversy

Japan's dolphin-hunting industry gets skewered in The Cove, a just-released documentary by director Louie Psihoyos. But after this year's setbacks at the International Whaling Commission's annual meeting, dolphins aren't the only marine mammals that are in trouble.

I happened to see The Cove and found that it was a very good example of what environmental film can accomplish. 


cheers, Michael

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Michael Thompson
Masters Candidate
Global Environmental Politics Program
School of International Service
American University

Political Ecology of Food and Agriculture
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