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Judi Lynn

(160,545 posts) Mon Feb 10, 2014, 02:45 AM Feb 2014

New Zealand protests Japanese whaler violating maritime zone

Source: Reuters

New Zealand protests Japanese whaler violating maritime zone
Source: Reuters - Mon, 10 Feb 2014 04:56 AM

WELLINGTON, Feb 10 (Reuters) - New Zealand summoned Japan's ambassador on Monday to protest the entry of a Japanese whaling ship into its exclusive economic zone (EEZ), after clashes earlier between whalers and vessels from the Sea Shepherd conservationist group.

New Zealand had asked Japan last week to order its whalers to steer clear of its maritime zone after vessels from both sides had collided in international waters.

Regardless of the warning, one whaler, the Shonun Maru No. 2, breached New Zealand's EEZ, which ranges up to 200 nautical miles offshore, as it shadowed a protest vessel, the Steve Irwin, on its way to refuel at the southern port of Dunedin.

"The New Zealand Embassy in Tokyo last week made it very clear we did not want members of the Japanese whaling fleet entering our EEZ," McCully said in a statement. "Today's meeting with the Ambassador served to further reiterate how deeply disrespectful the vessel's entry into our EEZ was."

Read more: http://www.trust.org/item/20140210043638-s190q/

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New Zealand protests Japanese whaler violating maritime zone (Original Post) Judi Lynn Feb 2014 OP

I'm glad to see Sea Shepherd get some support. Suich Feb 2014 #1

Antarctica whaling ship collision Judi Lynn Feb 2014 #2

NZ already gave them fair warning; they should have sunk the vessel. DRoseDARs Feb 2014 #3

NZ should kill a bunch of sailors? Really? hack89 Feb 2014 #4

Board the vessel, arrest the crew, skuttle the ship. DRoseDARs Feb 2014 #5

Except the Japanese did not attack the economic resources of NZ hack89 Feb 2014 #6

Suich

(10,642 posts)

1. I'm glad to see Sea Shepherd get some support.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Feb 10, 2014, 03:23 AM

Feb 2014

This is good news, isn't it?

Judi Lynn

(160,545 posts)

2. Antarctica whaling ship collision

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Feb 10, 2014, 03:32 AM

Feb 2014

Antarctica whaling ship collision
10 February 2014

A Japanese whaling ship and an anti-whaling protest boat collided in the remote, icy seas off Antarctica, with both sides blaming each other for the crash.

No one was injured, though both ships received minor damage in yesterday's collision - the latest drama in an annual battle between the conservationists and the whalers.

Sea Shepherd, which each year tries to harass the whaling fleet into ending its hunt, said they were the victims of a lengthy attack by the whalers.

The protest group said the whaling vessels spent hours dragging steel cables across the bows of the Sea Shepherd's ships in a bid to damage the rudders and propellers.

More:
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/antarctica-whaling-ship-collision-29994955.html

DRoseDARs

(6,810 posts)

3. NZ already gave them fair warning; they should have sunk the vessel.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Feb 10, 2014, 04:14 AM

Feb 2014

The Japanese are engaging in illegal activities and entering NZ waters to conduct those activities threatens NZ economic resources. People enjoy whale watching in NZ, not watching the Japanese illegally butcher whales.

hack89

(39,171 posts)

4. NZ should kill a bunch of sailors? Really?

Reply to DRoseDARs (Reply #3)

Mon Feb 10, 2014, 08:14 AM

Feb 2014

So what they did was a capital crime? Because we know it was not an act of war.

DRoseDARs

(6,810 posts)

5. Board the vessel, arrest the crew, skuttle the ship.

Reply to hack89 (Reply #4)

Mon Feb 10, 2014, 11:11 AM

Feb 2014

And yes, attacking the economic resources of a country is an act of war if the victim chooses to view it as such.

hack89

(39,171 posts)

6. Except the Japanese did not attack the economic resources of NZ

Reply to DRoseDARs (Reply #5)

Mon Feb 10, 2014, 11:18 AM

Feb 2014

it was a security vessel following the Sea Shepard ship. Free passage through economic zones is guaranteed by international law - it would have been different if they were actively whaling in NZ waters but they were not. They were following another ship - which is perfectly legal.

NZ is not stupid. They are not going to provoke their fourth largest trading partner.

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