Comply with CITES and Stop Distributing Sei Whale Meat

Joint Statement
NGOs call on Japanese Government to:
Comply with CITES and Stop Distributing Sei Whale Meat

At the Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in October 2017, the Japanese government was questioned about the legality of bringing specimens of sei whale from the sea (“introduction from the sea” defined by CITES).

Japanese NGOs urged the Japanese government to comply with CITES and stop distributing sei whale meat.