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Japan's whaling plan under scrutiny

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Useful science or unregulated commercial whaling? Nicholas J. Gales, Toshio Kasuya, Phillip J. Clapham and Robert L. Brownell Jr consider the scientific merits of Japan's whaling activities.

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  1. the Australian Antarctic Division, Channel Highway, Kingston, 7050, Tasmania, Australia

    Nicholas J. Gales

  2. the Teikyo University of Science and Technology, Uenohara, 409-0193, Yamanashi, Japan

    Toshio Kasuya

  3. the Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Mammal Laboratory, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, 98115, Washington, USA

    Phillip J. Clapham

  4. the Southwest Fisheries Science Center, 1352 Lighthouse Avenue Pacific Grove, 93950, California, USA

    Robert L. Brownell Jr

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Gales, N., Kasuya, T., Clapham, P. et al. Japan's whaling plan under scrutiny. Nature 435, 883–884 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/435883a

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