U.S. GOV TAKES HUMPBACK WHALES OFF ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST!

they are calling it a truly "ecological success story".

Just make them stay away from the gooks.

haha..

bad day for killer whales, wot?

$100 says the Japanese Whaling Lobby donated to the Clinton Foundation.

Thanks for the PINE!

been awhile

I am positive it's nefarious

[link to www.sciencemag.org]

Here is the link to the article.
I hope I am not breaking any rules linking to Science Magazine..

Just in time, now they will start dying from radiation put out by Fukushima.

The Japanese probably threatened to dump their U.S. Government Bonds (Japan is second largest holder after China)

Looks liked we caved in so they could go out and slaughter another thousand or so

Better use the earthquake machine on them again!!

What else would anyone expect from these full on assholes.

back to nuking these fuckers, legally.

If not already

Very upsetting. The Japanese whalers will be on this in a flash.

EQ machine? That's horrible!

Under the new decision, humpback populations in the Arabian Sea, Cape Verde Islands/Northwest Africa, western north Pacific, and Central America remain listed as endangered. The Mexico population, which feeds off California, the Pacific Northwest, and Alaska, has been downlisted to threatened. NOAA had hoped it was sufficiently recovered to remove from the list, but discovered that there are only about 3200 animals in this population, about half of what scientists thought.

I wonder why that area? Fukushima perhaps ?

NOAA, however, says that all humpbacks—even those removed from the list—are safe because of other federal regulations and protections provided by the Marine Mammal Protection Act. In addition, they note, an international ban on commercial whaling remains in place. Uncontrolled whaling, which ended in 1966, brought the humpback and other large cetaceans to the edge of extinction.

Good news I guess.

[link to www.sciencemag.org]

I am not sure if I trust the higher ups at NOAA. And who is enforcing the laws in regards to the MMPA? The Military?
Honestly. I cannot see the goings on out at sea, but the whales and dolphin theme has been of ultra importance as of late.
Some say that if the whales die then there would be no memory to hold the WORLD together.

They must be mostly all gone then.

My bet:
Some whale hunter made a Clinton Plantation contribution so they could eat whale flesh.

My first thought

WOOP!

Like this..
Japan slaughters pregnant whales, Australia warns of legal action
Japanese whalers have shipped home 333 dead whales - including about 200 pregnant cows - prompting Australia to declare anew it is considering legal action over the slaughter.

The whalers, who claim their annual whale hunt is for "scientific research", admitted some of the harpooned minke whales had been expecting twins.

Japan's Institute for Cetacean Research said the prevalence of pregnant whales indicated the health of the population.

Japan defied a ruling by the international court to stop whaling, resuming its hunt over the summer months in the face of international condemnation.
[link to www.smh.com.au]

I guess Captain Kirk won't be traveling to 1986 from the 23rd century after all.

Mandela effect. The whales will be substituted with flying fish.

Sweet. Just wondering what kind of rig you need for those?

Thanks for the information. You have a great spirit!

Darn. That means Hillary is not one of the humpbacks that got taken off the protected species list.