The Japanese government has produced its latest whaling research programme in the Antarctic Ocean, but environmental groups remain sceptical.
The draft plan, released on 18 November, sets a target of killing 333 whales a year as part of a 12-year programme to study the marine environment.
The proposal is intended to replace Japan’s previous research programme, which was halted by a ruling of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, the Netherlands, in March. According to the court, that programme—which called for 950 whales to be captured annually—abused a scientific exemption set out in the 1986 moratorium on whaling.
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