(AP) TOKYO — Japan says it has caught 195 whales in the Pacific Ocean this
season under a research program opposed by activists who call it commercial
whaling in disguise.
Japan's Fisheries Agency said Thursday that the
fleet harvested 49 minke, 95 sei and 50 Bryde's whales and one sperm whale
during its three-month Pacific expedition.
Japan also hunts hundreds of
whales in the Antarctic Ocean as part of its research program, which is exempt
from a 1986 whaling ban.
Critics say the expeditions are a cover for
commercial whaling because meat from the harvest is sold for domestic
consumption.
Japan's annual whale catch has declined in recent years due
to violent protests by conservationist groups.
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