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>> Do you fault country’s coast guards > The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is a private organization [1]. Private entities are allowed to enforce the law
by pygy_ 9y ago
>> Do you fault country’s coast guards
> The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is a private organization [1].
Private entities are allowed to enforce the law in international waters, actually.
- JumpCrisscross 9y agoOn your own ship, and depending on jurisdiction (based on flag flown and the UNCLOS) [1]. Nobody allows running out to find a ship doing things one doesn’t like and then ramming or blocking its path. In any case, what law are the Japanese vessels breaking? They amended their quotas to comply with the ICJ ruling [2]. Ramming things makes for good TV. It is emotionally satisfying. Practically, however, it is ineffective or even detrimental towards the goal of saving whales. (It is very effective at maintaining certain peoples’ livelihoods and drumming up nationalistic support for whaling in Japan.) [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiralty_law https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiralty_law [2] the article