以日本为代表的捕鲸国家在近日于韩国蔚山举行的国际捕鲸委员会年会上连遭挫败,恢复商业捕鲸议案被第4次否决,增加科学捕鲸数量以及取消南大洋禁猎区的计划也被同时否决。英国广播公司的报道认为日本的失败说明“主张保育鲸鱼的国家仍然占有主导地位。” The whaling countries represented by Japan were repeatedly defeated at the recent IWC meeting in Ulsan, South Korea. The resumption of the commercial whaling bill was rejected for the 4th time by increasing the number of scientific whaling and abolishing the hunting reserve in the Southern Ocean. The plan was also rejected at the same time. The BBC report found Japan’s failure to say “the country that claims to keep the whales still dominates.”