Australian Ship Seeks Out Whalers
By Wendy Heller, January 9, 2008 @ 02:00 AM (EST)
Source: Bbc.co.uk
The Oceanic Viking, a customs vessel, left Stirling Naval Base on Tuesday night on a 20-day surveillance mission.
It will collect photographic and video material for a possible legal challenge against the whalers, Australian officials have said.
Japan's fleet began its annual whale hunt in mid-November.
It plans to kill about 900 minke whales and 50 fin whales by mid-April 2008 as part of what it calls a scientific research programme.
But it has suspended plans to kill 50 humpback whales, amid a storm of international criticism.
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