Australia protests to Japan over whaling ship

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21289000


The Japanese whaling fleet left port on 28 December

Australia has protested to Japan after a vessel from its whaling fleet entered Australia's exclusive economic zone in the Southern Ocean.

Environment Minister Tony Burke said Australia had made it clear to Japan that whaling vessels were not welcome.

Japan's fleet hunts whales each year as part of what it says is a scientific research programme.

Australia is taking legal action against the whaling in an international court.