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Thanks directly to the aggressive but necessary actions of the
Sea Shepherd organization the
Kyodo News reported a record low catch of only 103 Antarctic minke whales this season. The target was 1,000 whales for the 48 day whaling season. Sea Shepherds' goal is to make whaling in southern seas so difficult due to it's active interference that commercial whaling will become uneconomic
[photo]. Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said the group disrupted the hunt four times and forced Japanese fishermen to spend three weeks evading the sea going environmentalists. He called the actions "unforgivable sabotage". Japan has been conducting so-called "cetacean research" as a cover for commercial slaughter since 1987.
