A stranded fin whale caught in the US (Image: Getty)
UK charities have blasted Japan’s decision to allow commercial hunters to slaughter “vulnerable” fin whales.
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The Japanese government this week confirmed it would allow itself to take up to 59 fin whales in its commercial hunt.
Danny Groves, head of communications at the Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC) charity, said: “This decision is madness. Whales are our allies in the fight against climate breakdown.
“They play a big role in keeping the ocean healthy, so to add more species to a kill list makes no sense. Few people eat the meat so the Japanese government has to subsidise the industry. We need more whales in the sea, not less.”
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The WDC warned the move could reduce local populations of the second-largest whale species by 40% in just a few years.
One of only three countries to hunt whales commercially, along with Norway and Iceland, Japan added fin whales to a catch list that already includes minke, Bryde's and sei whales.
Fin whales are deemed "vulnerable" to extinction by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Japan's decision, mooted by authorities for months but only made official on Wednesday, has alarmed animal rights activists.
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A Japanese fisheries agency official said: "Essentially, our rationale is that there are sufficient resources”.
The country’s new whaling ship, the Kangei Maru, is being readied for its maiden hunt and has a deck long enough to haul whales up to 25 metres long.
Japan killed 294 whales last year, a number it says is sustainable.