Japan’s new whaling ‘mother ship’ being built to travel as far as Antarctica

Whaling company says construction of new vessel will help ‘pass on our whaling culture to the next generation’

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A Japanese company is building a new whaling ship designed to travel as far as Antarctica, sparking fears commercial operations could resume in the Southern Ocean.

Australia’s environment minister, Tanya Plibsersek, reaffirmed the Albanese government’s commitment to a global moratorium on commercial whaling, while Greenpeace condemned the practice as “brutal and unnecessary”.

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