Whaling Ships Embark on Research Trip Wednesday, November 09,
2005 According to a Kyodo News story, a fleet of whaling ships
recently left Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, to conduct a
scientific research program on whales in the Antarctic for the
Tokyo-based Institute of Cetacean Research. During the
expedition, the institute plans to catch 10 fin whales for the
first time. It also plans to double the amount of catch of minke
whales to about 850. In June, the International Whaling
Commission adopted a nonbinding resolution urging Japan to scrap
its research program at its annual meeting in Ulsan, South
Korea. Source: Kyodo News.