Japan has launched a brand new whaling fleet mother ship, the Kangei Maru ... including a cap of 167 for minke whales, 187 for Bryde’s and 25 for Sei whales. According to some analysts, this ...

But minke whales have become hard to find ... such as being able to process whale carcasses indoors. “No other whaling ship in the world is as large and state-of-the-art as this one ...

In 2023, one vessel alone—the factory ship Kato—was responsible for more than 40 percent of all minke whales killed. There has also been a downturn in the number of large processing companies ...

“We will work as one to maintain whaling culture for eternity,” said Hideki Tokoro, president of Kyodo Senpaku Co., the whaling company that owns the ship ... minke, Bryde’s and sei whales ...

But times were changing: Whale populations in the North Atlantic had declined, forcing whaling ships to head to more distant waters, first plundering the rich pickings off the South American coast ...

The bigger ship punches through the blue water and ... dramatically reduced its “lethal sample”, aiming to kill 333 minke whales this summer, down from 1035. It means the Sea Shepherd crew ...

The whaling ships have a permit to catch 227 minkes ... According to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, minke and Bryde's whale are not endangered. Sei whales are classified and endangered ...

It also has five coastal whaling ships. In 2023, the total haul was 83 Minke, 187 Bryde's, and 24 Sei whales. But local appetite for the flesh remains at historic lows, hovering between 1,000 and ...

Minke whales were a good target for audio testing ... He said low-frequency sounds, like ship propellers or seafloor ...

From mid-April through October, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, plays host to several whale species, including humpback, pilot and minke whales ... for safety on the ship deck, and sunglasses and ...