Japan quit the International Whaling Commission in December 2018, returning to commercial hunting of minke, Bryde's and sei whales soon afterwards.Last year's quota of 379 whales, set by the ...

The company cited multiple reasons for its decision. Major whaling company makes stunning announcement about future plans: ...

Built at a cost of US$ 47 million, the 9,300-ton Kangei Maru has a slipway to haul up to 70- ton fin whales, and can store up to 600 tons of meat. Japan has launched a brand new whaling fleet ...

The vessel will replace Japan's only existing mother ship ... refers to the process where smaller and more agile craft hunt the whales, then bring the carcasses to the bigger ship for freezing.

A commercial whaling ship left a western Japanese port Monday for the Sea of Okhotsk to hunt 25 fin whales. The crew of the ship, which left Shimonoseki port, plans to start hunting fin whales in the ...

SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi Prefecture—Japan’s new whaling mothership ... Some large individuals weigh up to 80 tons. The hunting of fin whales requires a fleet of vessels led by the whaling ...

Washington, DC—Japan and Norway resumed slaughtering whales this month, while Iceland’s only fin whaling company has decided that it will not hunt this summer, citing a declining demand for whale meat ...

In response, Japan embarked on a “research whaling ... The Fisheries Agency permits the hunting of three large whale species: minke, Bryde’s and sei whales. But minke whales have become ...

Reykjavik: An Icelandic whaling company plans to hunt minke whales this summer in a first for the country since 2021, a ...

If they want to hunt whale, fine. I am just a bit annoyed that it is our tax money that is funding it. The Japanese word for this practice is “Bakayaro” (sic). The Japanese government stopped serving ...

(Kyodo) SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi (Kyodo) -- A commercial whaling ship left a western Japanese port Monday for the Sea of Okhotsk to hunt 25 fin whales. The crew of the ship, which left Shimonoseki ...