Australian Whale Sanctuary
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The sanctuary encompasses the entire Australian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), extending Script error: No such module "convert". surrounding the continent of Australia and its external dependencies such as Christmas Island (in the Indian Ocean), Cocos (Keeling) Island, Norfolk Island, Macquarie Island and Heard Island and McDonald Islands. Additionally, it includes the EEZ adjacent to the coastline of the Australian Antarctic Territory, recognised only by the United Kingdom, New Zealand, France and Norway.[2]
The sanctuary is the scene of an ongoing controversy between Australia and Japan over whaling. In 2008 the Federal Court of Australia ruled it was illegal under Australian law for the Japanese whaling fleet to kill whales in the Sanctuary.[3][4] In 2015 Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd was found guilty of wilful contempt of court and fined A$1,000,000.[5]
See also
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References
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- ↑ Humane Society International Inc v Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd [2008] FCA 3, (2008) 165 FCR 510 (15 January 2008), Federal Court (Australia).
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- ↑ Humane Society International Inc v Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd [2015] FCA 1275, (2015) 238 FCR 209 (18 November 2015), Federal Court (Australia).
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