So St. Kitts believes the IWC has competency for small cetaceans...?
Reported on ZIZ, Dr the Hon Timothy Harris, Senior Minister and Minister of Marine Resources for St Kitts and Nevis, a nation that is a very loyal supporter of Japan in all that Japan wants at the IWC, seems to believe that the IWC does have competency for small cetaceans, - that's dolphins and porpoises to most of us. This is a remarkable turn around for Japan, sorry of course I mean St. Kitts and Nevis, as ZIZ reports the Minister as saying '...the role of the IWC as a foremost international body responsible for the sustainable management of whale resources and the range of other issues to do with our marine resources and how international developments are likely to impact us here, not just as a proponent of the sustainable use of marine resources but also as a country now investing in marine parks: dolphins and sea lions for recreational purposes'. You see Japan has always said that the IWC does not have competency for small cetaceans. ZIZ goes onto report that, 'While IWC is best known as a whaling organization, it treats with more than whales and whaling, other species such as dolphins, and small cetacean are of concern to the IWC.'
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