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http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20031108b3.htm

 

Fleet embarks on hunt for 410 whales

 

Five Japanese whaling ships set out Friday to hunt an

estimated 410 minke whales in Antarctic waters as part

of its research whaling program.

 

The fleet set sail from the southern port of

Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, with a crew of 200

aboard the five ships, including the 7,638-ton

Nisshinmaru mother ship, Fisheries Agency spokesman

Shuji Sato said.

 

All data collected will be reported to the

International Whaling Commission for use in whale

population studies, he said.

 

The fleet is to return in April. It is Japan's 17th

expedition to the Antarctic. The program began in 1987

after the International Whaling Commission banned

commercial whaling in 1986. (AP)

 

The Japan Times: Nov. 8, 2003

 

 

 

 

 

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