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Chapter 537: Anti-Whaling Operation

For documentaries, there is no Mu Yang's job next, so naturally there is Jacques Behan's team responsible for the post-processing. Mu Yang just felt that he could take a break, but unexpectedly received a call from Paul Watson, the president of the "Marine Guardians Association".

"Mu, how is the documentary you filmed progressing?" Paul Watson said.

"It's not bad. I just came back from Japan and got a lot of precious information. Mr. Jacques Behan is very satisfied with the information." Mu Yang was puzzled, how could this old man call him and chat.

"I want to ask you, did you do it when the fishing boats in Japan's Dolphin Bay were burned?" Paul Watson suddenly asked in a low voice.

Mu Yang was stunned, "Oh, hehe." Mu Yang just laughed dryly and didn't answer this question.

"I can only say that if you do well, you should use this method to let those executioners taste our power." Paul Watson did not need Mu Yang to answer positively, but he already knew the answer from Mu Yang's attitude.

In fact, Paul Watson is a complete violent person who likes to use violent methods to stop whaling ships.

"By the way, we are going to go out to sea recently. When we reach the Antarctic Circle, Japan's ocean whaling is about to begin. We are going to stop their actions. Do you want to participate?" Paul Watson invited.

Mu Yang thought in his heart that Paul Watson saw people among his fellow men, so he invited Mu Yang to participate. It seems that he has classified himself as a violent animal protector.

In fact, this is indeed the case. Mu Yang was able to spend $15 million to shoot a documentary to oppose fishing dolphins and dare to burn Japanese fishing boats. It is definitely Paul Watson's colleagues who are closest to his code of conduct in his mind will naturally be willing to date.

The marine protection operation was attended by some volunteers, so Paul would definitely not give him any effort to win over more people.

After putting down the phone, Mu Yang thought to himself that he doesn't like violence, but, okay, sometimes it's really violent.

Now the crew is nothing, at least Mu Yang and the others are fine. Mu Yang is also very fascinated by being able to go to Antarctica, so he naturally agreed happily.

Say goodbye to Jacques Behan, Mu Yang took Sarah, Kyle and Coomb to Wellington, the capital of New Zealand the next day, and met Paul Watson, the old white-haired man who is almost 70 years old, and is still so energetic.

"Do you want to participate, too, Paul?" Mu Yang asked.

"No, this time David is led by the team. He is the captain. I'll introduce it to you." Paul said.

Mu Yang shook hands with a middle-aged man who looked in his 50s and had a brown beard, and then Mu Yang also introduced Kyle and others.

In the harbor of Wellington, Mu Yang finally saw the ship preparing to go to sea. A big guy, his whole body was sprayed with naval camouflage, and it was 50 meters long.

Captain David pointed to the ship and said, "The Sam Simon, it turned out to be a Japanese whaling ship called "Haiyuki Maru 8". It is a meteorological and marine geological observation ship built in Japan in 1993. It has a length of 56 meters and a speed of 16 knots. It has sailed in the Pacific and other places with the Japanese whaling fleet for many years."

"In 2012, Sam Simon, a well-known American playwright who was once famous for writing the popular drama "The Simpsons", invested $2 million to support the Sea Guardians Association to acquire the ship and spent $500,000 to upgrade the ship in Brisbane, Australia to increase speed and increase range, while also modifying the ship to adapt to anti-whaling missions."

"It should be said that using Japanese ships to oppose illegal whaling in Japan is also an irony." In addition, using the "Sam Simon" built by Japan will give us a better understanding of the structure and function of Japanese whaling ships and will help anti-whaling operations."

Muyang saw that the Dutch flag was hung on the stern of the ship, indicating that it was a registered ship in the Netherlands, with the New Zealand flag hanging high on the main mast and the New Zealand Indigenous Maori tribe flag, demonstrating respect for New Zealand.

Anti-whaling volunteers arrived one after another, with a total of as many as thirty people. Many of them were not familiar with each other, but it did not prevent them from having a common belief.

After three days of preparation, the Sam Simon left the port of Wellington and headed towards the Antarctic.

On the way, it takes about a dozen days to travel, so people often sit together to communicate. Morrie and Caddy are a couple. They are both teachers from Messi University in New Zealand who teach biology and natural science courses. The two also help at the school's animal health service center.

The boat was not fast and very stable. Mu Yang and Sarah were sitting opposite Mori, opposite the Caddy couple, with a cup of coffee in front of each of them enjoying their leisure time.

Morrie said: "In fact, as early as the 1980s, the Global Convention on Whaling Ban came into effect. The International Whaling Commission stipulated a comprehensive ban on commercial whaling in 1983. However, the Japanese used Article 8 of the Treaty to allow scientific research, and in the name of scientific research, they caught whales and dolphins on a large scale. In fact, their behavior was for domestic consumption and had no intention of scientific research at all."

"The United States, Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, including China, have also protested against Japan's whaling operations through the International Whaling Commission, but the Japanese tried their best to argue and still do their own things."

"They fish for 850 minke whales, 50 fin whales, 50 humpback whales, more than 100 vermicelli and sperm whales every year, and more than tens of thousands of dolphins. Such fishing volume has long exceeded the needs of scientific research, but the Japanese have been lying and quibbling. Moreover, we believe that the number disclosed by Japan is false, because the amount of whale meat they consume reaches tens of thousands of tons every year, so where does the remaining meat come from?"

The closer to Antarctica, the lower the temperature, and people have changed from short-sleeved shirts to thick down jackets. Captain David told Muyang that this is already an Antarctic waters, and this area belongs to the exclusive economic zone of Macquarie Island in Australia.

Macquarie Island is affiliated to Tasmania, Australia and has been nearly 1,500 kilometers away from the Australian continent. Perhaps it is closer to the Antarctic, so the Australian government has established meteorological and geological investigation stations here and set up a nature reserve.

There are said to be 4 million penguins on this island.

The "Sam Simon" bypassed Macquarie Island and continued to move forward. Mu Yang only glanced at the island from afar, thinking to himself that this was his first time to reach the Antarctic waters. Although he could not see the real Antarctic scene this time, he might have a chance in the future.

"Hey guys, look at the information scanned by the radar. There seemed to be several boats in front of the left outside." Cisco, who was in charge of observing the radar, shouted loudly.
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