The eating habits of whales are changing and are likely to affect the fishery industry, according to the head of Japan's "research whaling" fleet, which returned to port Thursday.
"Whales' eating habits seem to be changing. . . . We need to take a harder look at their impact on fisheries," Yoshihiro Fujise said in an interview with Kyodo News.
Fujise headed the research whaling fleet that returned to Japan on Thursday morning with a catch of 88 whales from its hunt, between Aug. 1 and Sept. 16.