International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling 國際捕鯨管制公約

International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
繁：國際捕鯨管制公約
简：国际捕鲸管制公约

每年的捕鯨源於1946年所簽的《國際捕鯨管制公約》，公約允許以研究為目的捕鯨。所以，日本宣稱每年都是遵循這一條例捕鯨。

日本聲稱為研究生態獵殺333頭鬚鯨　全數魚肉最終出售（2018年5月31日）。TOPick，取自https://topick.hket.com/article/2084748/

Under Article VIII of the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, signed in 1946, countries can “kill, take and treat whales for purposes of scientific research”, and this is the rule Japan says it follows in its hunts.

Japanese whale hunters kill 122 pregnant minke. (2018, May 30). BBC. Retrieved from https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44307396