As it usually takes the fleet around 21 days to reach Antarctic waters, it is expected that this week will see the Japanese ships begin to deploy across their chosen killing grounds.
A large section of seabed in Antarctic waters was granted to Australia as sovereign territory in 2008 but as yet this does not include exclusive rights over marine populations.
The whaling fleet is expected to take 935 minke whales and 50 fin whales this summer, ostensibly for scientific research but in reality to supply Japan's domestic whale meat market.
If you object to this needless whale slaughter please consider contacting the Embassy of Japan in Australia and making your view known:
Ambassador Mr Takaaki Kojima
Embassy of Japan
112 Empire Circuit
YARRALUMLA, ACT AUSTRALIA 2600
Tel: +61 2 6273 3244
Tel: +61 2 6273 3244
Fax: +61 2 6273 1848
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