PACIFIC: Opposition to Japan's whale kill mounts

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Updated November 19, 2007 16:36:19

The World Wide Fund for Nature is concened about the impact Japan's annual whale kill will have on Tonga's fledgling whale watching industry. Over half of all air-visitors to Tonga go on a commercial whale watch trip during their stay. Japan's Fisheries Agency says it is waiting for the usual ammount of opposition from anti-whaling countries against this years cull in the southern oceans sanctury. The fleet which set sail yesterday has a target of 850 minke whales and 10 fin whales.

Presenter: Geraldine Coutts
Speakers: Chris Howe, Executive Director, World Wide Fund for Nature, New Zealand; Hideki Moronuki, spokesman for Japan's Fisheries Agency

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