Boycott

Media Release Nov 19th 2007
The Japanese Whaling fleet left the port of Shimonoseki in Japan on Sunday the 18th for the Antarctic to kill over 1000 whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary under the guise of ‘scientific’ whaling. This kill includes 50 endangered fin whales, 50 endangered humpback whales and 935 minke whales. This is the biggest hunt since the moratorium on commercial whaling came into force more than 20 years ago and for the first time in almost three decades the Japanese want to include the humpbacks on their menu.

Some people are saying boycotting is another way to pressure japan to stop killing whales following is some info from http://boycottjapan.org/ I guess the same strategy could be applied to Iceland Norway and Denmark.??? Sealords are off the hook. We won that one.

Boycott Japan NOW
Monday, 07 August 2006
Help Save Whales and Boycott Japan NOW.
Send an email(s) to Japanese associations with your pledge, for example:
"I WILL NOT TRAVEL TO JAPAN OR BUY JAPANESE GOODS UNTIL SUCH TIMES AS JAPAN STOPS KILLING WHALES"

>In March 2006 Byron Whale Action Groups had a Save the whales, Boycott Sealords+Japanese Products demonstration in Brisbane at the Japanese Consulate and Japanese Airliness. One month later Sealord and Nissui sold their share in the whaiing fleet to Japan. Boycott Sealord campaign has been called off because we won that one. To see a 10 min clip click this link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z0GkrE4yNY

Mitsubishi
PO Box 8
Melrose Park
S.A. 5039

Dear General Manager,

I am writing to express my disgust and abhorrence at Japans massacre of up to 20,000 dolphins every year and Japans slaughtering of 863 whales this year in the Antarctic. Japan also wants to restart commercial whaling even though in effect that is what they are doing already under the thin disguise of “scientific whaling “.

A few weeks ago I received fantastic news about the whales. These boycott actions and actions of Greenpeace, Sea Shepherd’s, Earth Island institute and others worldwide forced Nissui, (a 50 % shareholder in Sealord) and Kyodo Senpaku, (a 30% shareholder with Nissui and owner of the whaling fleet) to pull out of the whaling killing industry and also stop distributing and selling whale meat.

Sealord of now off the hook. No More Boycott campaign for Saelord... 

YYEEAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH we won that one.

Japanese whaling and SeaLord Protest Report 16th feb By Dean Jefferys Byron Whale Action Group 11 People from Byron Whale Action Group and newly formed Sea Shepherd group dumped frozen Sealord fish and calimari next to mock whale sushi out front of the Japanese consulate in Brisbane last Wednesday to protest against Japanese whaling and SeaLords involvement in the whaling industry. Howey Cooke composed a special song for the event and 2 loud drums gave it a good Byron flavour.