VIDEO: Hopes rise that whaling season may be abandoned

By Andrew Darby
Updated February 21 2013 - 12:45pm, first published 9:30am
Nisshin Maru hits stern of the Steve Irwin.
Nisshin Maru hits stern of the Steve Irwin.

Anti-whaling activists are hopeful that Japan's annual whale hunt will be cut short, after the factory ship Nisshin Maru was prevented from refuelling in the Antarctic.

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