Sorry about that last post. Managed to get my threads crossed. Please disregard.

When it comes to whaling, it's interesting that we're so exercised about the Japs doing but not the Norwegians.

I suspect it's mostly because the Norwegians didn't bomb Darwin etc.

Norway supplies harpoon guided missiles to Japan ( not Harpoon) for whaling but catches whales in Atlantic not Antarctic. It sells surplus meat to Japan.
Data: Japan kills about 300 , Norway about 500 / year. These are Minke , from 650,000 population.

Humpback population 30-40,000. 8% growth year, ridiculous population in 50 years.
Blue whale 12-25,000 , population 300,000 in 50 years.

One of my favourite charities is sea shephard....it's time for them to move on with over fishing and shark population decimation, and the evil Chinese...

I really like the concept of private enterprise anti capitalist pro environmentalist navies, such as sea shephard is.
Maybe we could get a North Korea involved; this time on the correct side.

Russia beat USA in the whaling punch-up with North Korea's backing.
US whales threaten peaceful rock-fishing missile crews off the coast of Pyongyang who bravely face the sea shepherd fascist gangsters.

While it’s unclear how many whales were killed by the Soviets, it’s believed that at least 45,000 were slaughtered between 1946 and 1986.

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/2230387-the-soviet-union-killed-tens-of-thousands-of-whales-for-virtually-no-reason/Mar 17, 2017 - ... A Humpback whale swims at the surface of the Pacific Ocean

weird web site link , it's North Korean hacking fake whale blubber