Whaling+Pg+2

=== Most of the world’s whaling takes place in the in the oceans by the Japanese, in the North Atlantic, and the North Pacific. The Japanese are the main source of whale hunting around the world. The past 3 years 2009, 2010 and 2011 the Japanese killer an average of 2,500-3200 whales a year in in 2009 the Japanese killed 850 minke whales and 237 where pregnant. === === The hunting that goes on in the North Pacific is mostly done by the Japanese, they say all their hunting is done for research but killing hundreds of whales a year is not research. The North Pacific whaling season ended just about 200 days a year. This past year the 6 vessels caught 227 whales 33 shy of the normal goal of 260. ===