China News Service, September 1, integrated foreign media news. On September 1, Taiji Town, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, known as the "Dolphin Bay," began rounding up small cetaceans such as dolphins and short-fin pilot whales. About 10 dolphins were caught in just one day.

  According to the report, the 12 fishing boats of the "Taidi Yongyu Group" affiliated to the local fishermen's association departed from the Taidi Fishing Port before dawn. At about 6:20 am local time, the fishing boats were found in groups about 7 kilometers offshore. Dolphins, fishing boats drive them to the bay.

In the end, about 10 bottlenose dolphins with a body length of about 2.7 meters were captured.

  When the fishing boat left the port, several people held high placards such as "Let the dolphins free" in protest at the fishing port.

The Japan Coast Guard and the Wakayama prefectural police have implemented vigilance actions against the protest actions of anti-whaling groups.

  It is said that the dolphin hunting activities in Taiji Town will continue until the spring of 2021.

  The local fishermen said that with the trust of domestic and foreign dolphinariums, they selected the most beautiful one for the dolphinarium, and the remaining dolphins were slaughtered in the adjacent bay.

There have been documentaries exposing the slaughter of dolphins in the area.

  On June 30, 2019, Japan formally withdrew from the International Whaling Commission and resumed commercial whaling on July 1 of the same year after a lapse of 31 years. The fishing scope is limited to Japanese territorial waters and exclusive economic zones.

Although most Japanese rarely eat whale or dolphin meat, officials say that whaling is an “indispensable” livelihood for the residents of Taiji Town.