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Why Whale Research?
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Why does Japan carry out whale research programs?
The purpose of Japanese whale research
What is JARPA?
Point1 To elucidate the possible competition between whales and fisheries
Point2 To understand the trends in abundance of whale resources
Point3 To elucidate stock structure
Point4 To monitor the marine environment
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Point1 Competition between whales and fisheries
Whales consume a colossal amount of fish
Whales consume fish in their best season
Year by year whales increase while fish stocks dwindle
Ecosystem approach for the management of marine living resources
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Point2 Abundance trend of whale resources
High reproductive rate of whale resources in the Antarctic Ocean
Many whales sighted in the seas around Japan
There are 760 thousand minke whales in the Antarctic Ocean
Is it true that minke whales are hindering the recovery of the blue whale?
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Point3 Elucidation of stock structure
Elucidation of minke whale stock structure
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Point4 Monitoring the marine environment
The whale research programs are useful as marine contamination surveys
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Japan's whale research programs
Japan's Whale Research Program under Special Permit in the Western North Pacific and the Second Phase of Japan's Whale Research Program under Special Permit in the Western North Pacific
Japan's Whale Research Program under Special Permit in the Antarcitc (JARPA,1987/88-)
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the whaling issue is a problem over food between whales and man
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About ICR
Japan's Whale Research Program under Special Permit in the Antarctic [JARPA] Second Edition
