Govt urged to turn back Japanese whaler

Anti-whaling cluster ocean Shepherd is looking on the national to make sure a Japanese whaler headed towards associate degree island close to Tasmania does not enter Australian waters.
The Yushin Maru No.3, one amongst 3 harpoon ships, is concerning two hundred maritime miles from Australia's exclusive economic zone around Macquarie Island, concerning 1500 kilometres south-east of Tasmania, ocean Shepherd says.
The organisation says the ship is tailing the ocean Shepherd's long-range vessel, The Bob Barker, because it makes its means towards the little island.
Sea Shepherd presently has 3 ships and concerning a hundred crew from twenty one countries in Antarctic waters to confront Japanese looking within the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, wherever industrial whaling is illegal.
The group's chairman and former federal Greens leader, Bob Brown, aforementioned the Abbott government ought to step in to prevent the Yushin Maru coming into Australian waters on Sabbatum.
The vessel coming into Australian waters would be associate degree "affront", Dr Brown aforementioned, given the tribunal had within the past found Japanese ships guilty of whaling within the Australian Whale Sanctuary.
He aforementioned he needed surroundings Minister Greg Hunt to "ensure the ship does not acquire the Australian waters".
"Coming into the water, it's no totally different to sailing into state capital Harbour or up the Derwent stream," Dr Brown more.
He aforementioned during a similar scenario in 2013 a Japanese whaling vessel had turned back at the sting of Australian waters when the previous Labor government created contact with Japan.
But he aforementioned it had been unclear what action man Hunt would take now around.
"Greg Hunt's cognizant of this and has been in reality with ... ocean Shepherd Australia, therefore we're waiting to ascertain what action they (the government) square measure taking," Dr Brown aforementioned.
Earlier in the week, ocean Shepherd aforementioned its ships drove the japanese fleet's whaling ship, Nisshin Maru, out of the Antarctic written agreement Zone following a 580km chase.