Japanese fleet begins humpback whale hunt

Australia and New Zealand called on Japan today to halt a whaling fleet heading for the Antarctic to hunt humpback whales.

Japanese fleet begins humpback whale hunt

Australia and New Zealand called on Japan today to halt a whaling fleet heading for the Antarctic to hunt humpback whales.

The fleet departed from the southern Japan port of Shimonoseki last night with Japanese officials denying a claim by the environmental group Greenpeace that the fleet departed with its locators off to avoid detection.

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