
Small-type coastal whaling
Small-type whaler
Designated fishery
Five of nine vessels currently operating
IWC, national governments, and whale management
IWC moratorium on commercial whaling and Japan's efforts to continue@sustainable
small-type coastal whaling

Unnecessary moratorium on minke whaling

The competition between fishermen and the expanding whale populations

An interim relief allocation of 50 minke whales

Vessels' home ports

Current non-minke catch quotas

Whaling season