さあ！諸君！捕鯨問題だ！

最後に残されていた極洋もついに、

缶詰生産廃止により捕鯨関係からの完全撤退と

相成ったというわけか。

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http://www.hsus.org/press_and_publications/press_releases/japans_whaling_loses_support.html

Japan's fourth largest fisheries company, Kyokuyo, has pledged to stop its sale of whale meat in Japan. Its decision follows a campaign led by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), Humane Society International (HSI) and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW). Kyokuyo is thought to have sold at least 10 million cans of whale meat each year in Japan, plus frozen whale products.

Maruha, Japan's largest seafood company and one of the former owners of Japan's whaling fleet also confirmed this week it is ending its production and sale of whale products throughout Japan following an EIA campaign in 2006.

In April, the coalition of environmental and animal welfare groups called on American company True World Foods, which partnered with Kyokuyo to distribute sushi in the United States, to persuade Kyokuyo to stop selling whale products. According to Kyokuyo, it has ceased production of whale products and is in the process of selling off its remaining stockpile.