HELP THE WHALES

This year, once more, the Japanese fleet set sail for the Southern Ocean Sanctuary with the aim to hunt 945 whales.
Greenpeace will also be there to stop them. On the last expedition, Greenpeace ships found and stayed with the whaling fleet for 29 days. The whaling fleet went home 82 whales short of quota. The Japanese government reported that we intervened 26 times and 'disturbed and sabotaged the research activity' by placing volunteers between the harpoons and the whales to shield the whales and by using water curtains to stop the whalers from sighting or targeting whales.
This year, we will also be taking the actions you dreamt up and suggested at our website. This expedition is an exceptional one: every Greenpeace supporter had the chance to design the expedition with us.
But one key arena in which the struggle against whaling will be won for good is the International Whaling Commission (IWC), where representatives from around the world meet annually to decide the fate of the whales. The meeting this year will take place in May, in Anchorage, Alaska. The whaling countries, led by Japan, want to end the moratorium on commercial whaling. If this happens, the fate of the whales will be sealed.