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  2. Whaling in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Japanese whale catcher in the waters off Alaska (c. 1970) Modernization efforts continued through the mid 20th century. Japanese whalers began to operate in specialized whaling fleets consisting of 6 to 10 whale catchers serving a factory ship. Catchers could range as far as 200 miles from their factory ship, communicating by marine VHF radio.

  3. Aetiocetus - Wikipedia

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    Aetiocetus is a genus of extinct basal mysticete, or baleen whale that lived , in the Oligocene in the North Pacific ocean, around Japan, Mexico, and Oregon, U.S. It was first described by Douglas Emlong in 1966 and currently contains known four species, A. cotylalveus, A. polydentatus, A. tomitai, and A. weltoni. [1]

  4. Pod of at least 10 killer whales appears trapped by sea ice ...

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    In 2005, a group of killer whales were also trapped in drift ice off the coast of the town and later died, according to NHK, citing Rausu town officials. CNN’s Laura Paddison contributed reporting.

  5. A pod of killer whales trapped in drift ice off northern ...

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    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.

  6. Taiji dolphin drive hunt - Wikipedia

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    As of 2009, Japan's 1.2 million ton seafood stockpile included nearly 5000 tons of whale meat. [46] Japan has started to serve whale meat in school lunches as part of a government initiative to reduce the amounts. [citation needed] However, there has been criticism of serving whale meat to school children due to allegations of toxic mercury ...

  7. Japan is determined to keep hunting whales. And now it ... - AOL

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    Wearing a toy whale hat, whale tie and a whale motif shirt, Hideki Tokoro spends much of his days thinking about the world’s largest mammals. But he doesn’t want to protect them. He wants to ...

  8. North Pacific right whale - Wikipedia

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    The bowhead whale found in the Arctic is also a balaenid whale, but sufficiently different to warrant its own genus Balaena. The cladogram is a tool for visualizing and comparing the evolutionary relationships between taxa. The point where a node branches off is analogous to an evolutionary branching – the diagram can be read left-to-right ...

  9. Japan to start hunting fin whales after five years of ... - AOL

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    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 ...