Five whaling ships set sail from Kushiro in Japan for the
country's first commercial hunt since 1986.
The ships are allowed to catch up to 227 whales in Japanese
waters, after it pulled out of an international whaling moratorium.
Shigeto Hase, the Director General of the Japanese Fisheries
Agency, said many people had been hoping for this moment but conservationist
groups like Greenpeace and Sea Shepherd remain critical of Japan's resumption
of whaling. But that's over now.
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