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Whalers, foes bump ships again
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The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's ship the Steve Irwin collides Friday with the stern of the Japanese harpoon ship Yushin Maru No. 2 in the Antarctic Ocean, in this photo released by the antiwhaling group.
A boat carrying a group of radical antiwhaling activists collided with the Japanese whaling vessel Yushin Maru No. 2 at 8 a.m. in the Antarctic Ocean on Friday. No injuries were immediately reported.
Activist Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society said his boat was trying to prevent a Japanese ship from dragging a whale on board Friday when another Japanese boat shot in front of Watson's vessel, the Steve Irwin, and the two collided.
"The situation down here is getting very, very chaotic and very aggressive," Watson said, speaking by satellite phone from his boat.
Shigeki Takaya, a Fisheries Agency spokesman for whaling in Japan, said the Japanese government was investigating whether anyone on board the whaling vessels was injured in the fracas. Watson said no one was injured.
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