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In the Southern Oceans they have got a massive whaling fleet. The Japanese whaling fleet is like a massive industry which have various ships for certain purposes, in general, it contains a factory ship, two or three harpoon ships and a spotter ship, along with others but not relevant to this. The spotter ships relay the coordinates of a pod of whales to the harpoon vessels and the harpoon vessels would hunt and chase them down. Once a harpoon vessel is within range to kill a whale or whales, they would load the harpoon gun and when they are ready, they would shoot the harpoon and they would try to aim for the head, so it would be killed quicker but this is rarely the case and there are occasions where some whales suffer for at least twenty minutes and they would suffocate on their own blood. If a whale wasn't killed immediately, they should drag it using a rope towards the harpoon vessel and shoot a rifle into its skull. Once the whale is dead, it would be dragged by the harpoon vessels to the mother ship or in this case, it is known as the factory ship. When a harpoon vessel is close to the factory ship, if the whale hasn't been killed more than twelve hours prior to the transportation of the whale, it would be transferred from the harpoon vessel to the factory ship via a long thick rope up the slip way. After the whale has been transferred to the factory ship, the slaughtering begins; they would cut open the stomach and simply butcher a whole whale with a group of 100 Japanese butchers. They would pack and freeze the meat where it would be transported to another vessel, where it would be transported back to Japan to be sold. Once the whale is packed and frozen, the whalers would through any worthless parts of the whale, mainly the vital organs off the boat and into the ocean.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 14y agothey shoot them with a harpoon wait about twenty five minutes until they die and pull them up through a hole in the whaling ship from there they gut them and cut they're meat for food then they put they're guts in the ocean/sea. In Japan 1400 whales are killed each year it is basicly illegal but the whaler claim it is fir research!
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∙ 11y agoThey catch it with a net
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When will whales extinct if Japan continues to catch 1000 whales every year?
next year =[ (2010)
Why cant whales catch food in shallow water?
=why can`t whales catch food in showllow water?=
What can you not catch a lot of when you can not catch a lot of catchalot?
whales
What do whales do to live?
Whales catch krill and small fish.
Can you catch TB from whales?
No
How come japan doesn't get punished for hunting whales?
Because the IWC has no power beyond condemnation - it is entirely a voluntary, non-governmental body. The whales that the Japanese catch are also allowed under IWC rules as a scientific catch - the meat is a byproduct of research (like we all believe that!!)
What types of whales are being hunted by japan?
Humpbacks, Fin whales, Bryde's whales and Gray whales, some of which are endangered species
What are the release dates for Hunting Whales in Japan - 1916?
Hunting Whales in Japan - 1916 was released on: USA: 14 September 1916
How many whales did Japan kill before the ban?
Japan had a history of taking large numbers of whales. They continue to hunt whales, 400 to 600 per year, claiming it is for research.
How do whales catch their prey?
They chase after its pray.
What is a spear to catch whales called?
A harpoon
How do pilot whales catch their prey?
they bite it
