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December 28, 2012

Japan whaling fleet leaves port for Antarctica
Tokyo (AFP) Dec 28, 2012
Japanese whaling vessels left port Friday bound for the Southern Ocean on their annual hunt for the huge marine mammals, a media report and Greenpeace said. Citing the Fisheries Agency, Kyodo News reported three vessels had departed from the far-western port of Shimonoseki, while environmental group Greenpeace said the whaling fleet's mother ship had left another port, also in the country's west. "The mother ship, Nisshin Maru, left Innoshima today," said Greenpeace Japan's executive director Ju ... read more

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