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Japan, however, says it will continue with its whaling plans.

The news of Japan's decision to continue with its whaling programme in the Pacific will come as a shock to the International Court of Justice, which in March ruled that Japan's Antarctic whaling should be stopped.

It is not clear that Japan intends to continue with its annual Antarctic hunt, conducted under regulations permitting whaling for scientific research.

But with its whaling fleet in need of refurbishing and consumer interest in whale meat low, some observers said the court ruling might give the government the chance to abandon an expensive programme - and improve its international standing.

"Australia has made it clear to Japan on a number of occasions that vessels associated with its whaling programme are not welcome," Burke said in a statement.

Both Norway and Iceland currently continue with their commercial whaling industries under claims that the decision to set zero catch limits adversely affects respective national interests and thus does not apply.

Environmentalists were pleased with the decision, but said that it was unclear whether or not Japan would continue its whaling program and remained skeptical of the science that Japan uses as justification for its whaling.

Japan joined an international moratorium on commercial whaling in 1982, but continued with "scientific" whaling programs that it claimed were exempt from the agreement.

Norway has nonetheless continued its whaling activities, and fully resumed commercial whaling in 1993, citing a formal objection to the moratorium.

Japan has been criticized for exploiting this loophole as a way to continue its commercial whaling endeavor.

Today, Ayukawahama plays up its whaling history for tourists.