さあ！諸君！捕鯨問題だ！

（つづき）

重要事項とは、1996年4月６日に日本の関税で摘発された偽装
ノルウェー産冷凍魚の中から韓国産であるらしい鯨肉が見つかった
事件のその後の解明、前年総会、科学委員会で問題になった
ニュージーランド（当時）のスコット・ベイカーによる日本市場
鯨肉分析論文の日本側からの検証をめぐる問題等です。

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9.1.2 _Reports from Contracting Governments on
availability, sources and shipments of whale meat and
products, and relevant developments; and on stockpiles and
sale of whale meat and products, domestic laws and
enforcement action on illegal possession and sale_

The Chairman noted that for the last four years Resolutions
on this issue had been adopted by the Commission, and that
no document was submitted on this issue from the member
governments this year.
The USA asked if Japan or Norway had any additional
information about the seizure on 6 April 1996 by Japanese
customs of five tons of whale meat packed in five tons of
fish. The shipment had originated in Norway but when
seized in Japan, the shipment was on a Korean vessel coming
fiom Korea. The USA considered that this was an unusual
case and the Sub-committee had yet to receive any new
information on the investigation of the matter from Japan.
Japan and Norway did not comment on this issue, but Japan
noted that lasf year it had supplied information on a
voluntary basis on these issues.

New Zealand sought information on progress with the
peer review of genetic analyses of market samples of
whalemeat that Japan had undertaken to conduct at last
year's meeting. New Zealand expressed its thanks to Japan
for its willingness to conduct the review and hoped that a
report would be submitted at next year's meeting. Japan
stated that it could not begin the review as the original
samples used b1, the New Zealand researchers had not been
made available, despite the request made by Japan to the
researchers. New Zealand noted that it had not received such
a request and the samples remained in Japan as required
under intemational legislation. New Zealand offered to
facilitate access to the samples where possible. Japan stated
its view that this was a domestic issue and that it had no
intention of formally providing the results to the
Commission, reminding the meeting of its earlier statement
regarding the competency of the IWC on these issues, but
noting its willingness to make the results available at the
request of individuals, to publish them, and to make them
available publicly including to NGOs and rhe Press.
On the issue of market testing of whale products for
genetic analysis, the Republic of Korea requested that
anyone who wished to conduct such work should cooperate
with fisheries authorities in that country, so that the
findings would not be different from each other, study by
study. The Republic of Korea cited the reporting last year
of the results of genetic analysis on Korean market samples
by TRAFFIC East Asia as a good example of close
cooperation. This study had indicated that all whale meats
had originated from bycatch in Korean waters.
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いつまでも同じことをグダグダやっている、というよりは
状況はずっと悪化しているようですね。

形式論で19世紀的な国家主権の至上性を主張しているのか、
まずいことがバレないように市場／貿易問題への「西洋法治主義
白人」の介入を排除しようとしてるのか、よくわからないけど、
どっちにしても日本、韓国国民がナショナリズムで盛り上がれば
官庁は仕事がしやすいということですかね。