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In Japan, several whale species have been targets of illegal captures, including humpback, minke, sperm whales, western gray, the endangered North Pacific right, and northern fin whale while utilizing harpoons for dolphin hunts or intentionally drive whales into nets. Reports are later filed with administrative organs or research institutions ...
Kamogawa Sea World was the first aquarium in Japan to start breeding killer whales. Since October 1970, Kamogawa Sea World has had two Amazon river dolphins named Poco (male) and Deco (female) on public display, and after their deaths, plastic specimens are made and displayed. [4] In October 1970, Yasushi Tourism Corporation launched a business.
About 270 pilot whales were found at Macquarie Heads on September 21, followed by the discovery of 200 dead whales two days later about 10 kilometers south, raising the total to 470. Only 108 were rescued. [34] [35] Tasmania, Australia: ±300 ±75 ±225 1985 Nearly 300 pilot whales ran aground on Great Barrier Island, killing about one-quarter ...
A pod of killer whales that was trapped in drift ice off Japan's northern main island of Hokkaido, prompting concern from environmental groups, has apparently safely escaped, officials said Wednesday.
A pod of at least 10 killer whales appears to be trapped by sea ice off Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido, public broadcaster NHK reported on Tuesday.. Officials from the coastal town of Rausu ...
Japan's Fisheries Agency has proposed a plan to allow catching fin whales in addition to three smaller whale species currently permitted under the country's commercial whaling around its coast ...
Shiretoko Peninsula is one of the few places where groups of male sperm whales and beaked whales including Baird's beaked whales can be spotted from the shore. Other frequently seen species include minke whales, Pacific white-sided dolphins, Dall's porpoises, and harbour porpoises. [12] Newly described Sato's beaked whale inhabits the area as well.
Japan will add large fin whales to its list of commercial whaling species, government spokesperson Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Thursday, five years after leaving an international body that regulates ...