Greenpeace on Whales
Responding to an earlier comment from 'Colly' - Thanks’ and I've checked out Greenpeace, there is a link above to the Whale protection section above.
Ever heard of the 'Tokyo Two'?
Two Greenpeace members from Tokyo by the names of 'Tour Suzuki' and 'Junichi Sato' got 12 months prison sentence in 2008 for intercepting a box of Whale meat weighing in at about 23kgs - worth about 20,000 Yen per KG on the open market - this Whale meat was intercepted from some employees that worked on-board the Nisshin Maru! It came to light that employees that have come off the Nisshin Maru take up to 10 boxes of Whale meat home with them, the Nisshin Maru is also heavily subsidised by the Japanese Government!
Now, I am confused because I was informed that the Japanese and the Nisshin Maru only hunted Whales for scientific research so why would employees take up to ten boxes of Whale meat home weighing, as we know, up to 23kgs per box @ 20000Yen per KG!! Let's put this into monetary terms, that's worth about €200 per kg so a possible €4600 on top of salary!
If it was not for the Greenpeace members, Tour Suzuki and his friend Junichi Sato these practises would have continued to the detriment of the Whales!
That's all for now - and don't forget Whale Wars - Viking Shores is on tonight!
Two Greenpeace members from Tokyo by the names of 'Tour Suzuki' and 'Junichi Sato' got 12 months prison sentence in 2008 for intercepting a box of Whale meat weighing in at about 23kgs - worth about 20,000 Yen per KG on the open market - this Whale meat was intercepted from some employees that worked on-board the Nisshin Maru! It came to light that employees that have come off the Nisshin Maru take up to 10 boxes of Whale meat home with them, the Nisshin Maru is also heavily subsidised by the Japanese Government!
Now, I am confused because I was informed that the Japanese and the Nisshin Maru only hunted Whales for scientific research so why would employees take up to ten boxes of Whale meat home weighing, as we know, up to 23kgs per box @ 20000Yen per KG!! Let's put this into monetary terms, that's worth about €200 per kg so a possible €4600 on top of salary!
If it was not for the Greenpeace members, Tour Suzuki and his friend Junichi Sato these practises would have continued to the detriment of the Whales!
That's all for now - and don't forget Whale Wars - Viking Shores is on tonight!
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