【RT 20140614】日本为了“学术研究”活动捕杀了30头小须鲸

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【中文标题】在国际法庭颁布禁令后，日本为了“学术研究”活动捕杀了30头小须鲸
【原文标题】Japan kills 30 minke whales in ‘research’ campaign following intl court ban
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【原文链接】http://rt.com/news/165956-japan-kills-30-whales/
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Japan has caught and killed 30 minke whales in the country’s annual northwest Pacific “research” whaling campaign, officials said on Friday. The trip is the first since an international court banned such activities earlier this year.

本周五据有关官员透露，在日本一年一度的西北太平洋鲸鱼“学术研究”活动中，日本已经捕杀了30头小须鲸。这是在今年早些时候国际法院禁止此类活动后，日本首次违禁。

The minke whales were caught off Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture as part of the country's annual northwestern Pacific hunt – which takes place form April to June – according to Japan's Fisheries Agency. A second group of whalers is still at work.

据日本渔业机构透露，作为一年一度的西北大西洋狩猎的一部分，从四月至六月，这些小须鲸在Miyagi县的Ishinomaki被捕获。第二组捕鲸人还在做业当中。

In March, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) found that Japan’s Southern Ocean efforts in the Antarctic whale hunt were illegal under international law. It was ruled that no further permits should be issued under Japan’s scientific whaling program, saying that the campaign produced little actual research. The ruling also urged Japan to re-examine the program.

今年三月，国际法院发现日本在南极地区的南极海域捕鲸的行为违反了国际法。国际法院裁定不会再给予日本的鲸鱼研究项目许可，国际法院认为这项活动并没有任何实际的研究成果。该项裁定还要求日本重新审视这个项目。

Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said in April that it would submit a new plan for Antarctic whaling to the International Whaling Commission in 2015 for the purpose of resuming whaling in the region.

日本农林水产部在四月份表示，日本将会在2015向国际鲸鱼联合会提交新的南极鲸鱼考察项目书， 以重新获取在该区域捕鲸的许可。

Japan has been conducting whaling research in three areas – the Antarctic Ocean, off the coast of the northwestern Pacific Ocean, and along the coast of the northwestern Pacific. The latter two are not as widely known as the Antarctic hunt and were not specifically mentioned in the court ruling.

日本已经在三个区域进行了鲸鱼研究活动，南极海，西北太平洋海岸，和西北太平洋沿岸。与南极捕猎区相比，后两个区域较鲜为人知，并且没有包括在法院的裁定中。


Japanese whaling is a centuries old tradition which dates back to the 12th century. The Japanese whaling fleet departs twice a year. During the North Pacific campaign, whalers can kill up to 200 minke whales, 50 Brydes, 100 sei whales, and 10 sperm whales, according to the International Fund for Animal Welfare. Japan has hunted whales under a loophole in a 1986 global moratorium that allowed it to conduct lethal research on the mammals. Meat from the whales usually ends up in food markets.

日本的捕鲸是一项上百年的传统，这项传统可以被追溯到12世纪。日本捕鲸船队一年出发两次。根据国际爱护动物基金会的数据，在北太平洋活动中，捕鲸人可以捕杀多大200头小须鲸，50头布氏鲸，100头鳁鲸，和10头抹香鲸。由于1986年国际禁令的漏洞允许杀死哺乳动物进行研究，日本根据这项禁令捕猎鲸鱼至今。鲸鱼肉通常流入食品消费市场。

Tokyo said it intends to prove that the whale population is large enough to sustain commercial hunting. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reiterated on Monday that the country aims to restart commercial whaling.

东京表示，日本试图证明鲸鱼的数量达到足以维持商业捕猎。周一，日本首相安倍反复重申日本将会重新启动商业捕鲸。

"I want to aim for the resumption of commercial whaling by conducting whaling research in order to obtain scientific data indispensable for the management of whale resources," he said at a parliamentary commission meeting. "To that end, I will step up efforts further to get understanding from the international community."

“通过进行对鲸鱼的研究以获取科学的数据，我致力于恢复商业捕鲸， 日本对鲸鱼资源的管理责无旁贷，” 安倍在国会的委员会会议上说，“为达到这个目标，我将会开展更多工作以获取国际社会的理解。”

Sixty percent of Japan's residents said that research whaling should continue – despite an international court order to halt the hunt, and the fact that few Japanese regularly eat whale meat, according to an Asahi Shimbun newspaper survey conducted in April. Another survey by the newspaper in March 2002 showed that four percent said they were occasional consumers of whale meat, while nine percent said they have eaten it on rare occasions.

60%的日本居民表示鲸鱼研究应该继续，尽管国际法院要求停止对鲸鱼的猎捕。Asahi Shimbun报在四月的调查显示，几乎没有日本人经常吃鲸鱼肉。 另外一家报纸在2002年3月的调查显示，4%的被调查者表示他们偶尔吃鲸鱼肉，9%的被调查者说他们只在极少数的场合才吃鲸鱼肉。

Environmental organizations have been staging various protests against whaling, which is also popular in Norway and Iceland.

环境组织已经筹划了许多反对捕鲸的抗议，这种抗议活动在挪威和冰岛也十分普遍。

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