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I think they mean that there will be no more whaling THIS year.

An article from The Age:

http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/whalers-look-set-to-end-hunt/2007/02/26/1172338516573.html

My question: Can't you escort the whale-murderers all the way to Japan? Then we really know for sure that they will not return to the Ross Sea...

It's good to know that the whole fleet is going out of there!

Hello Dave and crew,

A great sigh of relief here from Latin America as the killer fleet heads North for good. I think it will be the duty of all Southern Hemisphere governments to bring Japan to halt their risky, irregular killing expeditions that now threaten much more than 'just' the whales.
Meanwhile, tomorrow an international seminar begins in Peru to help capacity-building in our region for the non-lethal use of cetaceans through ecotourism and benign research. This is the way the whole Southern Hemisphere wants to go in regard to whale management and 'appropriation' by our own societies, and it´s about time Japan accepts and respects that.
Many thanks for your clear reporting and for being there...
Regards,
José Palazzo,
President, International Wildlife Coalition/Brazil and
IWC Alternate Commissioner for Brazil

Good point - but we don't want them whaling next year!

While it is so unfortunate that someone died from this, I guess there's a reason for everything. Maybe they should've taken the first fire (in 1998) as an omen that they are doing something very wrong. Even though whaling is wrong, I would never wish harm on the whalers because many of them are doing this to make money to feed their families and possibly have no where else to go to earn that money. This is why I'm such a big supporter of Greenpeace-you guys always try to look at every facet of an issue, which is very smart!

I'm more than ecstatic at the fact that they are returning to Japan and I hope and pray that Japan will finally stop whaling! The Japanese government (and all the other whaling nations) should listen to you. Whale watching is a very lucrative business, if only they would give it a chance. It would do so much good to spread awareness, to protect these beloved, necessary creatures, and to help them feed their families!