The Japanese fleet caught a total of 267 whales in the latest season of the country's research whaling program in the Antarctic Ocean, the Fisheries Agency said Saturday.Of the total, up from 172 in the previous season, 266 were minke whales and one was a fin whale, the agency said.
Females accounted for 168 of the total, of which 107 were adults and 92.5 percent were pregnant, the agency noted, indicating the breeding season for Antarctic whales has been favorable.
The fleet, which left Japan on Dec. 6, has already returned home. Source
