Japanese whaling ship returns home after first commercial hunt in decades

A Japanese whaling ship has returned home to the country's southwest after almost meeting its annual quota, ending its first commercial whaling season in 31 years.

Nisshin Maru's two support ships, Yushin Maru and No. 3 Yushin Maru, also returned to their home ports.Japan resumed commercial whaling on 1 July after leaving the International Whaling Commission, promising that the whalers would stay within the country's exclusive economic waters. Kyodo Senpaku President Eiji Mori praised the whalers for returning with"better than expected" results despite earlier uncertainty because of their lack of experience in the area."We were worried if we could catch any, but they did a great job," Mori said."We will examine the results closely and make a plan for the next season."

The fleet brought back an estimated 1300 tonnes of frozen whale meat from the catch, down 600 tonnes from last year's Antarctic hunts.Separately, whalers operating smaller scale hunts in waters just off Japan's northeastern coasts were given a seasonal quota of 33 minke whales.

A poor, third world country such as Japan must eat...

Green alternative to livestock industry.

The only thing one can do: do not buy japanese products if you dont like what the japanese govt is allowing rogues to do. Whaling is simply not on.

Save the whales ! Eat a japanese 🤪

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