Japan, Norway and Iceland continue whaling in defiance of world opinion and the
international whaling moratorium. But pressure from campaigners has forced five big food companies to halt their
support of Japans whaling industry.
The five firms, led by the Japanese seafood giant Nissui and its wholly-owned US frozen foods subsidiary Gortons, (one of America's largest frozen seafood companies) said they would halt their financial involvement in Kyodo Senpaku. This company is operates seven of the eight whaling ships based in Japan. This action culminates months of campaigning action by environmental 'cyber-activists' and Greenpeace, who sent thousands of e-mails to the firms demanding they end their support for the industry. The other food companies include the New Zealand food processing firm Sealord and Canada's Bluewater Seafoods.
