despite Japan's reluctance to comply with the moratorium and its manifest dedication to resuming commercial whaling, it is important to not that Japan chooses to remain within the IWC and mount its campaign while abiding by its rules. Japanese officials point out that both the moratorium and the designation of the southern ocean sanctuary technically contravene the schedule of the ICRW, which provides that 'the amendments of the schedule shall be used for scientific findings.
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