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Open letter to Japan's Prime Minister on contaminated cetacean products
An alliance of more than 50 environmental NGOs and consumer groups signed an open letter to Japan's new government, calling for an end to all coastal cetacean hunts and the sale of contaminated dolphin, porpoise and whale products
Last Updated: 23 Nov 09

Open Letter to Japan's Prime Minister on contaminated cetacean products
Japanese text version
Last Updated: 23 Nov 09

Poisonous Policies
Japan's failure to stop the sale of polluted whale, dolphin and porpoise products
Last Updated: 28 Sep 09

Poisonous Policies
Japan's failure to stop the sale of polluted whale, dolphin and porpoise products. Japanese version
Last Updated: 25 Sep 09

Japan's Dall's porpoise hunt
Briefing to the 61st annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission on Japan's Dall's porpoise hunt
Last Updated: 22 Jun 09

Response to the Chairs’ Suggestions on the Future of the International Whaling Commission
Last Updated: 9 Mar 09

Environmental Crime - a threat to our future
Organised environmental crime poses a growing threat, yet remains a low priority for the enforcement community. This report shows the scale and impacts of environmental crime and calls for strong political will to tackle it as a matter of urgency.
Last Updated: 10 Oct 08

Poisonous Policies
Japanese text version of Poisonous Policies
Last Updated: 2 Oct 08

The case for further action on the Dall's Porpoise
Briefing to the 60th meeting of the International Whaling Commission
Last Updated: 4 Jul 08

Environmental Crime – Our Planet, Our Problem
Briefing to the 17th meeting of the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
Last Updated: 24 Apr 08

We Don't Buy it!
THREE multinational companies' continuing support for Japanese whaling.
Last Updated: 31 Mar 08

Upholding The Law - the Challenge of Effective Enforcement
ENVIRONMENT and wildlife crimes - such as illegal logging, ivory poaching and trading in tiger parts and rare animals - are now so rife they should be treated as serious transnational organised crime, says EIA.
Last Updated: 7 Jun 07

Kyokuyo, True World Foods and Japan’s Whale Hunts
REVEALED: The link Between Japanese Whale Meat and US Sushi.
Last Updated: 14 May 07

Stop the Dall's Disaster
For the last quarter of a century, Japan's Dall's porpoise hunt has been the largest cetacean hunt in the world, with as many as 17,700 animals slaughtered each year.
Last Updated: 16 Jun 06

The Gorton's Family Whale Killing Business
Gorton’s of Gloucester’s Ties to Japan's Commercial Whale Hunts
Last Updated: 1 Dec 05

Oceans Under Siege
This briefing compiles recent scientific studies and global action related to some of the more pressing issues likely to affect cetaceans, namely climate change, commercial fisheries and chemical pollution, and provides a compelling case for the IWC to take immediate and decisive action.
Last Updated: 19 May 05

Global Chemical Pollution and the Hunting of Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises
Last Updated: 15 Jul 04

Tesco and C Two-Network Briefing
Tesco, C Two-Network and the Sale of Cetacean Products in Japan.
Last Updated: 11 Mar 04

The Forgotten Whales
Hunting Baird's Beaked Whales in Japan's Coastal Waters
Last Updated: 16 Jun 03

Mercury Rising - The sale of polluted whale, dolphin and porpoise meat in Japan
This report compiles information from two years on-site investigative research into Japan’s commercial whale, dolphin and porpoise (cetacean) market, and reveals that mercury-contaminated whale, dolphin and porpoise products are widely available in Japan’s retail outlets.
Last Updated: 11 Jun 03

Whales and CITES: For the 12th Conference of the Parties to CITES
EIA urges the Parties to CITES to reject Japan's proposals to downlist minke and Bryde's whales.
Last Updated: 31 Oct 02

Species Issues for the EU Commission Meeting on CITES CoP12
Briefing Prepared for the EU Commission Meeting to discuss Proposals put forward for CoP12
Last Updated: 20 Jul 02

The facts behind Japan's whale,dolphin and porpoise hunting
Available in English (first link below) and Japanese (second link below)
Last Updated: 1 May 02

Swimming Against The Tide
Last Updated: 1 Jul 01

Towards Extinction
The Exploitation of Small Cetaceans in Japan
Last Updated: 1 Jun 01

Why CITES Must Reject Proposals to Overturn the Ban on International Trade in Whales
Last Updated: 1 Apr 00

A Brief Overview of Global Environmental Change and its Potential Impact on Cetaceans
Last Updated: 4 Jul 99

A Review of the Impact of Anthropogenic Noise on Cetaceans
Last Updated: 1 May 99

Japan's Senseless Slaughter
An investigation into the Dall's porpoise hunt - the largest cetacean kill in the world.
Last Updated: 1 Apr 99