Whaling factory ship departs for Sea of Okhotsk

Whaling factory ship departs for Sea of Okhotsk

The Kangei Maru, the world's only whaling factory ship, prepares to depart from its home port in Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on April 21, 2025, for the season's first commercial whale hunt, in the Sea of Okhotsk.

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