Japan Whaling Impasse

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Japan Whaling Impasse
File - In this Feb. 6, 2009 file photo released by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Japanese whaling ship Nisshin Maru, right, hauls a newly caught minke whale up its slipway, accompanied by Japanese harpoon ship Yushin Maru 2, while a Sea Shepherd helicopter flies over in the Ross Sea, the Antarctic. A quarter-century ban on commercial whaling, one of the world's most successful preservation agreements, could crumble altogether if conservationists cannot persuade Japan to cut back on the tradition it champions. Delegates to a meeting of the International Whaling Commission which starts on Monday, June 21, 2010 in Morocco will consider whether to allow limited commercial hunts if Tokyo stops pursuing whales in a southern sanctuary. (AP Photo/Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Adam Lau)