Japan has so far suspended the program
annual whale hunt in waters
Antarctica
because of protests from environmentalists,
to the extent that the fleet could also return home.
"Security is a priority
and by the time the ships have stopped hunting for scientific purposes.
Now we are evaluating what to do, "
announced Tatsuya Nakaoku,
an official of the Fisheries Agency of Japan,
that the early return Fleet "is an option."
Attempts by activists of Sea Shepherd,
particularly
have become increasingly insistent and
caused some dismay in Japan,
one of three countries in the world where the hunting of whales
is officially allowed for his "important cultural tradition."
The Rising Sun has introduced the concept of "hunting for scientific purposes" to circumvent an international moratorium in 1986,
claiming to be entitled to assess the impact of whales on the fishing .
fleet in the Antarctic,
composed by a crew of 180 people on four ships,
left Japan last year with the intention of catching 850 whales by the end of March.
the same period of 2010, however,
reached the target was only 506 units,
due to difficulties in activities for the diplomatic row with Australia and born New Zealand.
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