Japan planned to catch 850 minke whales during the hunting season (and 50 fin whales), only to fall short of their goal due to anti-whaling activists. They caught 551 minke whales. Visit the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society to see how you can get involved.
"Japan, which considers whaling a cultural tradition, abandoned commercial whaling after agreeing to an international whaling moratorium in 1986. But arguing that the hunt is necessary to study whales, Japan began what it calls a scientific research whaling programme the following year. Japan's whaling fleet has killed about 7,000 Antarctic minkes over the past 20 years."
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