Armed Cruise Ship To Intercept Japanese Whalers

by unofficialsquaw.com | January 10, 2008 at 07:17 am

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Here's a post a wrote for gCaptain today one Japan's Whaling Fleet;

Reuters has an update on Australia’s recent attempts to track Japan’s whaling fleet:

CANBERRA,
Australia (Reuters) — An Australian fisheries ship has begun pursuing
Japan’s whaling fleet near Antarctica to gather evidence for an
international court challenge to halt the yearly slaughter, officials
said Wednesday.The icebreaker Oceanic Viking,
used for customs and fisheries policing, left a base near Perth on
Tuesday to track the fleet in the Southern Ocean for up to 20 days, a
Home Affairs Ministry spokeswoman said.

The vessel has stowed arms below deck to avoid a confrontation, but
Australian customs officials on board plan to gather photographic and
video evidence of the Japanese kill.

In mid December The Sydney Morning Herald gave further details on the “customs” ship:

AUSTRALIA
plans to spy on the Japanese whaling fleet using an armed P&O
cruise ship, with a lesser role for the Australian Defence
Force.High-level talks have focused on leasing the commercial vessel,
Oceanic Viking, which has a re-enforced hull to cut through ice, a crew
trained for polar conditions and “super-telephoto” lenses to record the
whale slaughter.

Sources said the ship would also carry video equipment, and the
images would be used in Australian international court action planned
against the Japanese whale hunt, the largest for 20 years. The images
would complement a series of aerial surveys on whale populations, to
begin soon.

Under plans being developed, the Oceanic Viking
would have two .50-calibre machine-guns manned by a customs boarding
party to supply the “muscle”, while working with a civilian P&O
crew. Continue Reading…

Since that article was published the Japanese fleet abandoned plans
hunt 50 endangered humpback whales, refocusing efforts on a goal of 900
minke whales and 50 fin whales. In response to the changes Australia
has decided the guns, while remaining aboard, will be kept under lock
and key.

Along with the customs ship Greenpeace has given orders to the M/V Esperanza (photos) to join the effort. The following image is charts planned route of each vessel.

Continue reading at gCaptain.com

SAVING WHALES = Sea Shepherd Notícias Quinta-feira, 15 de janeiro de 2009 A Great Victory for the Whales in Indonesia + Uma grande vitória para as baleias na Indonésia + ACORDA INDONÉSIA! O JAPÃO NÃO PODE TE SALVAR... por você. Scandal Whaling | Video 13
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The Japanese Whale hunt will remain.
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Stop Icelandic Whaling

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Iceland has just announced that they will give a license to one man to commercially hunt whales. The quota is 30 minke whales and 9 fin whales - which are an endangered species.
39 whales might not sound like much, but considering the threats that these whales face from climate change, pollution and overfishing, this is the last thing they need.

The decision does not make economic sense either. Greenpeace campaigner Frode Pleym said, "Iceland has no market for whale meat, but they do have a huge and far more valuable market for whale watching."

Tell Iceland that it makes much more sense to support whale watching, not whaling.
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SIGN THE ICELAND WHALES PLADGE

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Become an Ocean Defeneder (It's Free!)
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Ilhas Faroé, Fábrica de Monstros.
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Captain Paul Watson
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Faroe islanders told to stop eating toxic pilot whales - Mercury poisoning (graphic pic at end)
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DENMARK: WHAT A SHAME - WHAT DOES THE EU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS?
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Petition asks Denmark to defend whales
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Denmark: Assassina - Whales Massacre
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To the people of the Faroe Islands...I say, "STOPTHIS SENSELESS MASSACRE!!!" Anyone who could bury a hook into the backof a whale, drag it to shore, slit its throat, and butcher it, deservesto die of mercury poisoning...or worse.
Whale & Dolphin massacre in Europe
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FOTOS:
Whale & Dolphin massacre in Europe
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MGODET's Channel
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A DINAMARCA TEM RÓTULO DE SANGRIA E TERROR E SUAS ILHAS EXALAM SANGUE INOCENTE DE ANIMAIS INDEFESOS
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MGODET's Recently Published Photos, Videos and Audio
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MGODET's Recently Published Photos, Videos and Audio
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"Great Turtle Race" - Let the Race begin! - The turtles are off and swimming
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"WHALES EUROPE"
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UMA GRANDE VITORIA...

"WHALES EUROPE" II
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Uma grande vitória para as baleias na Indonésia

flag_japan_tiny Japanese translation Tradução japonesa

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NA DINAMARCA, EM SEUS CONSOLES DAS ILHAS FAROÉ TAMBÉM GOSTAM DE MASSACRAR AS BALEIAS E OS GOLFINHOS...
Whale & Dolphin massacre in Europe
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SAVING WHALES = Sea Shepherd Notícias Quinta-feira, 15 de janeiro de 2009 A Great Victory for the Whales in Indonesia
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HOLOCAUSTO ANIMAL
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SADICOS
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Pilot Whales Brutally Slaughtered Annually in the Faroe Islands
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Heartbreaking Pictures of Whale Slaughter
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