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<text id=91TT2716>
<title>
Dec. 09, 1991: World Notes:Japan
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
Dec. 09, 1991 One Nation, Under God
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
WORLD, Page 53
World Notes
JAPAN
The "Wall of Death" Goes
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<p> American environmentalists call the drift nets used by
Japanese squid fishermen "walls of death." They claim that the
nets, which stretch for miles, kill vast numbers of seabirds and
marine mammals, including endangered species of albatross and
dolphins. The nets also catch large numbers of unwanted fish,
which die before they are discarded. Last week the
environmentalists won when the Japanese government bowed to
international pressure and promised that drift-net fishing would
stop by the end of 1992. Taiwan and South Korea also indicated
that they would discontinue the practice.
</p>
<p> The Japanese fishing industry had been arguing that the
nets were no more damaging to the environment than other
methods of commercial fishing. They said they would try to
reduce accidental kills and insisted they could adequately
protect marine resources. But a U.S.-sponsored resolution in the
U.N. to end the use of drift nets generated wide support.
</p>
<p> "Since no other country sided with us," said Masami Tanabu,
the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, "we had to
consider Japan's position in international society and yield."
</p>
</body></article>
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