Pete Bethune
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Captain Peter James Bethune is a New Zealand ship's captain with 500 ton master licence, published author, producer of The Operatives TV show, and public speaker. He is the founder of Earthrace Conservation. He works assisting countries in Asia, Central America and Africa with fisheries enforcement and anti-poaching. He is the holder of the world record for circumnavigating the globe in his powerboat Earthrace, a wavepiercing trimaran powered with biofuels.
Peter Bethune with Earthrace
MY Earthrace in Dusky Sound, Fiordland, New Zealand
The helm of Earthrace resembled more a race car than a boat
MY Earthrace offshore from Mexico in her record setting voyage in 2008
Whaling in Japan
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Japanese whaling, in terms of active hunting of whales, is estimated by the Japan Whaling Association to have begun around the 12th century. However, Japanese whaling on an industrial scale began around the 1890s when Japan started to participate in the modern whaling industry, at that time an industry in which many countries participated.
A whale and a sub-adult being loaded aboard a factory ship, the Nisshin Maru. The sign above the slipway reads, "Legal research under the ICRW." Australia released this photo to challenge that claim.
Inshore whaling in Taiji, Japan
The Tonan Maru No. 2 whaling factory ship, drafted into military use, was damaged by a Dutch submarine while taking part in the landing at Kuching, Borneo.
Signing the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, Washington, D.C., Dec 2, 1946