Sea Shepherds to suspend interference with Japanese whaling at sea

This according to the group itself, which alleges that the Japanese government has been using military satellite surveillance to keep constant track of the positions of Sea Shepherds vessels and is sharing that information with whaling operators. This, they allege, allows the whaling ships to actively avoid ever encountering the Sea Shepherds during their whaling expeditions, a tactic the group says makes intercepts impossible and essentially has made their voyages a waste of time and resources.

It's unclear from the article whether the group's statement about Japanese military involvement comes from positive knowledge, or whether it is a hypothesis based on lack of success on recent voyages.

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