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
Factory ship
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A factory ship, also known as a fish processing vessel, is a large ocean-going vessel with extensive on-board facilities for processing and freezing caught fish or whales. Modern factory ships are automated and enlarged versions of the earlier whalers, and their use for fishing has grown dramatically. Some factory ships are equipped to serve as a mother ship.
The German factory ship Kiel NC 105
The factory trawler Wiesbaden
Arctic Warrior freezer trawler working out of Hull, England
The Spanish Trawler Nuevo Virgen De La Barca in North Atlantic waters