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Customs ship on possible whaling mission |
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Monday, 24 October 2011 08:55 |
An Australian Customs ship docked in Hobart is believed to be preparing to head to the Southern Ocean for the whaling season.
Ocean Protector arrived in Hobart last week and is docked at Macquarie Wharf.
A customs spokeswoman says the ship is undergoing routine maintenance.
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NZ slams Japan's whaling resumption plans |
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Wednesday, 05 October 2011 01:30 |
New Zealand has lashed out at the resumption of Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean.
Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully said Japan was "isolating itself from the international community" by deciding to resume whaling.
"Japan's decision is increasingly out of step with international opinion. It is also entirely disrespectful of the strong concerns expressed by Australian and New Zealand people for whom the Southern Ocean is our neighbourhood," McCully said.
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Japan will send a Fisheries Agency ship to guard its whalers |
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Tuesday, 04 October 2011 10:39 |
Fisheries minister Michihiko Kano on Tuesday said Japan will send a Fisheries Agency ship for the first time to guard its whalers in the Antarctic Ocean against possible violent protests by anti-whaling groups, implying Japan will continue its "research whaling" this winter.
"We intend to continue to assert our country's thinking," the minister for agriculture, forestry and fisheries told a press conference, referring to complaints by antiwhaling groups and countries that what Japan calls research whaling is a cover for commercial whaling.
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