Whaling dispute continues

Authors

Andrew Dizon
Phillip Clapham
William Perrin
Robert L. Brownell Jr., NOAAFollow

Date of this Version

9-28-1995

Comments

Published in NATURE VOL 377, 28 SEPTEMBER 1995.

Abstract

Apparently alarmed that an advertisement in Nature referencing the study of Baker and Palumbi (Science 265, 1538; 1994) might lend undeserved credence to the notion that illegal whale products find their way into Japanese markets, Milton Freeman (Nature 376, 11; 1995) reiterates the arguments of the Fisheries Agency of Japan (FAJ) that the study is fundamentally flawed. As Freeman's letter contains several serious errors, we feel obliged to comment.