日本側がアメリカの反捕鯨団体シー・シェパードに和解金として金銭を支払う一方、調査捕鯨への妨害行為を「永久に行わない」とした合意について8月23日、調査捕鯨の妨害の実行部隊であるシーシェパード・オーストラリアが無視する意向を表明した。
シーシェパード・オーストラリアの幹部、ジェフ・ハンセン氏は「アメリカの裁判であり、オーストラリアの私達には関係ない」と話したと、BBCなどが報じた。
捕鯨妨害の続行を表明したシーシェパードのジェフ・ハンセン氏
英紙ガーディアンによると、ハンセン氏は「オーストラリアのクジラ保護区でのクジラの虐殺を禁止するオーストラリア連邦裁判所の判決の効力が残っている。アメリカの裁判所での和解は、オーストラリアでは法的な効力は全くない」と述べ、今後も妨害を続ける考えを示したという。
共同通信によると、日本鯨類研究所が、アメリカとオーストラリアのシーシェパードはそれぞれ法的には「独立している」ため、合意の効力がオーストラリア側には及ばないことを確認したと報じた。ただし今回の和解により、事実上の本部とみるアメリカ側からの資金や人材の提供が禁止されるため、妨害活動には打撃となると指摘したという。
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シーシェパードの妨害行為
ANTARCTICA/(01 of07)
Japanese research vessel Nisshin Maru fires water cannons at the Sea Shepherd Delta boat in Mackenzie Bay, Antarctica in this handout picture taken on February 19, 2013 by Sea Shepherd Australia. According to Sea Shepherd Conservation Group, anti-whaling activists tried to prevent the Japanese tanker Sun Laurel from refuelling the Japanese whaling fleet. Picture taken on February 19, 2013. REUTERS/Eliza Muirhead - Sea Shepherd Australia/Handout (ANTARCTICA - Tags: ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT MARITIME POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. NO COMMERCIAL USE (credit:Handout . / Reuters)
AUSTRALIA-WHALING/(02 of07)
Japanese research vessel Nisshin Maru (L) collides with the Sea Shepherd ship Bob Barker (R blue) in Mackenzie Bay, Antarctica in this handout picture taken on February 20, 2013. Anti-whaling activists called on Wednesday for Australia to send a naval vessel to the Southern Ocean after a confrontation in which they said the Japanese whaling ship collided with two of their protest vessels, damaging their flagship. Australia said it was confirming the report of the incident. Neither the Japanese government nor its whaling authority immediately responded to the Sea Shepherd\'s account of the clash. REUTERS/Tim Watters/Sea Shepherd Australia/Handout (ANTARCTICA - Tags: ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT MARITIME POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (credit:Handout . / Reuters)
ANTARCTICA/(03 of07)
A whale is loaded to the Japanese whaling vessel Nisshin Maru in Mackenzie Bay, Antarctica, in this picture provided by Sea Shepherd and taken February 15, 2013. Anti-whaling activists of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Group unsuccessfully tried to intervene in the transfer of the whale from a Japanese whaling vessel to another for more than nine hours, according to Sea Shepherd Conservation Group. Picture taken February 15. REUTERS/Glenn Lockitch/Sea Shepherd Australia/Handout (ANTARCTICA - Tags: ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT MARITIME POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (credit:Handout . / Reuters)
SEA-SHEPHERD/(04 of07)
Sea Shepherd vessel \"The Bob Barker\" is pictured in contact with the port side stern of Japanese whaling ship Yushin Maru in the Southern Ocean in this February 2, 2014 handout photo by the Institute of Cetacean Research. REUTERS/Institute of Cetacean Research/Handout via Reuters (ANTARCTICA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT CIVIL UNREST) \n\nATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (credit:Handout . / Reuters)
AUSTRALIA-WHALING/(05 of07)
The Sea Shepherd vessel, Bob Barker (front), comes to collision distance from Japanese tanker Sun Laurel in the Antarctica in this handout photo taken and released by the Institute of Cetacean Research (ICR) February 20, 2013. Anti-whaling activists called on Wednesday for Australia to send a naval vessel to the Southern Ocean after a confrontation in which they said a Japanese whaling ship, the Nisshin Maru, collided with two of their protest vessels, damaging their flagship. Australia said it was confirming the report of the incident. Neither the Japanese government nor its whaling authority immediately responded to the Sea Shepherd\'s account of the clash. Mandatory Credit REUTERS/The Institute of Cetacean Research/Handout (ANTARCTICA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) MANDATORY CREDIT. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (credit:Handout . / Reuters)
AUSTRALIA-WHALING/(06 of07)
The Sea Shepherd vessel, Bob Barker (L), comes to collision distance from Japanese fuel tanker Sun Laurel in the Antarctica in this handout photo taken and released by the Institute of Cetacean Research (ICR) February 20, 2013. Anti-whaling activists called on Wednesday for Australia to send a naval vessel to the Southern Ocean after a confrontation in which they said a Japanese whaling ship, the Nisshin Maru, collided with two of their protest vessels, damaging their flagship. Australia said it was confirming the report of the incident. Neither the Japanese government nor its whaling authority immediately responded to the Sea Shepherd\'s account of the clash. Mandatory Credit REUTERS/The Institute of Cetacean Research/Handout (ANTARCTICA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) MANDATORY CREDIT. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (credit:Handout . / Reuters)
AUSTRALIA-WHALING/(07 of07)
The Sea Shepherd vessel, Bob Barker (L), comes to collision distance from Japanese fuel tanker Sun Laurel in the Antarctica in this handout photo taken and released by the Institute of Cetacean Research (ICR) February 20, 2013. Anti-whaling activists called on Wednesday for Australia to send a naval vessel to the Southern Ocean after a confrontation in which they said a Japanese whaling ship, the Nisshin Maru, collided with two of their protest vessels, damaging their flagship. Australia said it was confirming the report of the incident. Neither the Japanese government nor its whaling authority immediately responded to the Sea Shepherd\'s account of the clash. Mandatory Credit REUTERS/The Institute of Cetacean Research/Handout (ANTARCTICA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) MANDATORY CREDIT. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (credit:Handout . / Reuters)
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