whaling

Sea captain, merchant, and abolitionist, Captain Paul Cuffe dedicated himself to truth and service.

Of the 333 minke whales they killed in the Antarctic, 230 were females—of which 209 were pregnant—and 103 were males.

Half of the world’s oxygen is provided by phytoplankton, an aquatic organism that functions as a carbon sink and whose name means “wandering plants” in Greek. All fish depend on phytoplankton, whether directly or indirectly.

An armed Japanese ship has entered the scene of tension between activists and whalers in the Antarctic Sea, according to the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.

Japan’s whaling industry is highly subsidized and operating at a loss, yet internal governmental power struggles may keep it alive.

Sea Shepherd conservation group prevented the refueling of a Japanese whaling fleet in the Antarctic on Wednesday, effectively halting the hunt for the remainder of the season.

Sea Shepherd said that it discovered a Japanese whaling refueling ship had dropped fuel into Antarctic waters.

Japan’s whaling industry is rudderless, or “dead in the water,” without government subsidies, said a report from an animal conservation group Tuesday.

Australia criticized Japan for sending its whaling fleet to the Southern Ocean to hunt whales, dismissing Tokyo’s longstanding claims that its vessels are hunting them for scientific purposes.

The head of conservation group Sea Shepherd skipped bail in Germany and left the country Thursday.

South Korea may scrap plans to resume scientific whaling amid condemnation from environmental groups and governments, including Australia.

Three anti-whaling activists on Wednesday said they were injured in clashes with Japanese whaling boats, activist group Sea Shepherd said.

The whaling activist group Sea Shepherd said on Thursday that one of its ships was damaged severely by a rogue wave while in pursuit of a Japanese whale hunting ship.

Japan has allotted funds, which are much needed by victims of last year’s earthquake, for its controversial whaling program, environmental groups say.

Protests and controversy surround the International Whaling Commission’s annual meeting as it kicks off in Chile this week. As 79 member states gather in Santiago, New Zealand’s Conservation Minister Steve Chadwick is expected to ask Japan to suspend its whaling practice.