Japanese whale hunt well short of target

[flvegan]

TOKYO, April 14 (Reuters) - Japan's Antarctic whaling catch fell far short of its target this season, hampered by a series of skirmishes with anti-whaling protesters, the Fisheries Agency said on Monday.

The fleet caught only 551 minke whales, compared with the planned catch of 850. No fin whales were caught at all, although it had set a target of 50, a Fisheries Ministry official said.

"Sabotage by activists is a major factor behind our failure to achieve our target," the official said.

Militant anti-whaling campaigners from the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society had repeatedly confronted Japan's whaling fleet earlier this year.

http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSSP251639

[LeftyMom]

1. But how will we keep whale populations down to manageable levels?

Soon they'll be starving in the seas and swimming in front of boats, because you people don't love them enough to eat them.

:sarcasm: duh.

[Annces]

2. A major victory for Sea Shepherd

Japan lost money, and that is the bottom line for them.