ISHINOMAKI, MIYAGI PREF. – A flotilla of four whaling ships left Ayukawa Port in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Thursday to kick off this season’s research hunt for minke whales.
The plan is to catch up to 60 minke whales off the Sanriku region through early June and check them for radiation, industry officials said.
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