Lead ship of whaling fleet returns to Japan

Lead ship of whaling fleet returns to Japan

TOKYO, Japan - The 8,044-ton Nisshin Maru, the lead ship of a Japanese whaling fleet, returns to Oi Marine Products Wharf in Tokyo's Ota Ward on April 15 after completing a five-month research mission in the Antarctic Ocean. The six-vessel fleet caught a total of 551 whales during the mission, only 60 percent of an initially planned 900 whales due to acts of sabotage by anti-whaling activists.

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  • 2008/4/15 00:00:00
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    TOKYO, Japan - Tomoyuki Ogawa (R), captain of the Nisshin Maru, the lead ship of Japan's whaling fleet, and Hajime Ishikawa (C), leader of Japan's whaling expedition for so-called scientific research purposes, attend a news conference in Tokyo on April 15. The ship returned home earlier in the day after completing a five-month expedition in the Antarctic Ocean that was hampered by violent protests by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, an anti-whaling group.