apperently you didnt read anything i posted

ALL quotas, all hunting areas, all "laws" pertaining to whale hunting arent really laws. they are all made by the IWC which is a 'by choice' organization meaning there is no real law to what they say nor is there any requirement to follow what they say even if you are a member to the charter.

noones breaking any laws, at the most these countries are breaking promises. which still isnt illegal.

and yes you could but thats still not a valid argument given the fact that you are now talking about a legal government setting laws which can be upheld in a court and it being the states right to set those laws.

the ICW can not make law, nothing that comes out of the organization is truly binding. worst case all japan or iceland or norway would have to do is say fuck it and leave the group and that would solve the problem of skirting the "laws". the whole fact of the matter is though that they dont because the ICW itself has created the loopholes they need to hunt whale while still being a member in good standing by using scientific research claims or simply having a official objection to any "ruling" from the Commission.

Whaling is not illegal, do i think that countries should start going out and killing every whale they see? of course not, but i'm a hunter and a conservationist and i understand perfectly the concept of sustainable hunting. last year japan took 560 minke whales, of a population thats estimated at 600k worldwide. thats less than 1% of the entire worlds population of minke whales. WELL within the boundaries of whats considered sustainable hunting