さあ！諸君！捕鯨問題だ！

ついでに２頁から、「科学的許可（調査捕鯨）」に関する部分。

[Scientific permit]
Discussions of the Scientific Committee focused on reviewing the results of Japan's ongoing
JARPA and JARPNII programmes, and a new research proposal from Iceland. No consensus
recommendations were made.

Two Resolutions on scientific permit whaling were adopted. Through Resolution 2003-2 on
Whaling Under Special Permit, the Commission:

(1) expressed deep concern that the provision permitting special permit whaling enables
countries to conduct whaling for commercial purposes despite the moratorium on
commercial whaling;

(2) stated that the current and proposed special permit whaling operations represent an act
contrary to the spirit of the moratorium on commercial whaling and to the will of the
Commission;

(3) stated that Article VIII of the Convention is not intended to be exploited to provide
whale meat for commercial purposes and shall not be so used;

(4) reaffirmed that non-lethal techniques available today will usually provide better data at
less cost to both animals and budget; and

(5) urged any country conducting or considering the conduct of special permit whaling to
terminate or not commence such activities and to limit scientific research to non-lethal
methods only.

Resolution 2002-3 on Southern Hemisphere Minke Whales and Special Permit Whaling:
(1) requested the Scientific Committee to provide to the Commission, after the completion
of the IDCR/SOWER abundance estimates, all plausible hypotheses to explain any
decline in abundance estimates that may emerge;

(2) called on Japan to halt the JARPA programme or to revise it so that it is limited to non-
lethal research methodologies; and
(3) recommended that no additional JARPA programmes be considered until the Scientific
Committee has completed an in-depth review of the 16 years of JARP A, its review of
the abundance estimates for Southern Hemisphere minke whales and that any such
programmes be limited to non-lethal research.

どうして水産庁はこういう基本的な国際公文書を和訳して国会議員やマスコミ、
一般世論へ流布しようとはしないのでしょうかね。

国内外の世論のズレが不要な紛糾、紛争のタネになるということは、上級
国家公務員だったら当然配慮しなきゃいけないことだと思うのですが。