Japan has launched a new whaling expedition in Antarctica, with the Japanese Government calling it scientific research. The fleet is now on its way to conduct the expedition in the Antarctic Ocean through March.
Japanese vessels left Japan on Monday, November 12, to carry out what the government calls ‘research whaling’ in the Antarctic Ocean until March.
The ships aims to catch 333 minke whales in the Japan’s fourth whaling expedition since their resumption in 2015, according to the government.
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