The focus: Watsons delivery shortly before Christmas!

The focus: Watsons delivery shortly before Christmas!

in a legal dispute that dragged on for several months, the well -known walks Paul Watson was preserved from the impending delivery to Japan. The Canadian-American activist, known for his controversial methods and as the founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, was arrested in Greenland in July after Japan issued an international arrest warrant against him. Watson, who was not delivered by Danish authorities on December 17, 2024, is considered the key figure in the fight against whaling and has attracted both admiration and violent criticism. The allegations that Japan raised against him relate to an incident in Antarctic in 2010, in which he was accused of having damaged a whaling ship and disrupted the whaling in their work. Watson denied the accusations, and his lawyers argued that they were only an excuse to silence him after he had publicly criticized Japan for violations of international agreements on walretting, such as The platform vienna.at reported.

Japanese with new whaling ambitions

As if the situation was not already tense enough, Japan plans to replace his whaling ship "Nisshin Maru" with a brand new ship, which, according to reports by Jiji Press, represents a drastic development in Japanese whaling policy. The company Kyodo Senpaku Co. has announced that it will invest 6 billion yen (around 45 million euros) in the construction of a replacement ship in order to meet the current international shipping provisions. These requirements require ships in the Antarctic waters to have a double fuselage by 2019 and cannot use heavy oil fuel. While Japan has long practiced the whaling in other Arctic waters, they continue their activities in the closer waters. According to the latest information, Kyodo Senpaku plans to increase the prices for whale meat to the European market by 20 percent and to start a crowdfunding campaign to support the new shipbuilding, as well as whales.org reported.