Wakayama –
The conventional whale and dolphin drive hunt in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, opened for the season on September 1, with fishermen capturing about 200 bottlenose dolphins through the first hunt.
Shortly after 5 a.m., fishermen boarded 9 boats and headed offshore to start the season.
Anti-whaling activists had been seen within the space holding placards, however no main disturbances had been reported.
Drive looking is a conventional fishing technique during which boats encompass teams of whales or dolphins migrating offshore and drive them right into a cove, the place they’re captured.
During the primary hunt of the season, fishermen situated a pod of bottlenose dolphins about 20 kilometers offshore and drove round 200 of them right into a cove earlier than capturing them.
The drive-hunting season is scheduled to proceed by means of the tip of April 2027.
Source: YOMIURI