Figure 9.— Japanese whaling areas. 



Japanese whale factory ship off Alaska. Japanese whale factory 

 ships in the North Pacific are accompanied by 8 to 12 killer 

 vessels and about 3 refrigerator vessels and tankers. These fleets 

 range throughout the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea. 



Japanese whale killer vessel hunting in the Gulf of Alaska. Killer 

 vessels hunting for whales range many miles from the factory 

 ship. The whales are killed by harpoons shot from guns on the 

 bow of the killer vessels, inflated with air, and buoyed with radar 

 reflectors or radio transmitters for retrieval by the factory ships. 



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