さあ！諸君！捕鯨問題だ！

捕鯨推進の為に健筆を振るっていたあの三崎滋子氏が南極捕鯨の中止を主張している？

シーシェパードのHPに現れた記事によれば三崎氏はJapan 　 timesで次の引用文のように南極を含め遠洋捕鯨の中止を主張しているとのことである。
遠洋捕鯨がその大量の燃料消費の故に環境に優しく無いことが反対の理由である。 　 確かに政府が温室効果ガス排出削減を唱導しながら国営捕鯨についてこの観点から触れないのは矛盾カも知れない。

SS記事の引用を転記・・・・

"...I now find myself retired and severed from much of the controversy over whaling. However, internet reports of whaling "progress" thus far persuade me that this season is the most opportune time for Japan's government to decide to withdraw all whaling operations from the Southern Ocean."

"I say this because I believe that pelagic whaling does not contribute to the prevention of global warming. Just think of the expensive fuel the Japanese whaling fleet consumes en route to the Antarctic, plus that consumed by the freezing ship for transporting the byproducts of whaling to the Japanese market. Over the years, Japanese research ships have made a mess on the ocean when fire broke out due to poor management of the vessel. Add to that the mess made by animal rights groups eager to attack the whaling ships. Whaling as a business hardly justifies the environmental costs. Talk about ‘food mileage’ has not touched on whale meat. Why doesn't the government consider it more seriously, and cease whaling in any form, except small-scale coastal whaling?"

然しJapan 　 timesを探してみたが見当たらない。
是非それの原文を見てみたいものだ。
「あの三崎氏が！」と私は半信半疑だ。

げんた