Greenpeace 'Heads Off Whale Ship'
By Wendy Heller, January 14, 2008 @ 02:00 AM (EST)
Source: Bbc.co.uk
Crew from protest ship Esperanza said they were maintaining the chase as the whalers cannot hunt at the same time.
A spokesman for Japan's whale hunt said Greenpeace's actions were illegal and people should not treat them as heroes.
Japan's whaling fleet plans to kill about 900 minke whales and 50 fin whales by mid-April.
The hunt is part of what it calls a scientific research programme, permitted under a clause in International Whaling Commission rules.
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