date:Jul 18, 2012
recently suggested it may scrap the whaling resumption plan, with ministry officials saying the country may choose not to resume whaling should there be other means to study marine mammals in South Korean waters.
South Korea has banned catching any type of whale since 1986 even though the IWC charter bans whaling of only 12 specific species of whale.
The government said one of the reasons for resuming scientific whaling was to limit the number of whales in its home waters, estimated at about