| Fiscal Year | Cruise period | Survey period | Searching distance | Mother ship | Sighting/Sampling vessels | Size of crew | Survey area | Number of catches | Biopsy samples | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 8/Nov/'05 - 14/Apr/'06 (158 days) |
3/Dec/'05 - 20/Mar/'06 (108 days) |
16,372.7 miles | Nisshin Maru | Yushin Maru, Yushin Maru No. 2, Kyou Maru No. 1, Kyoshin Maru No. 2 (sighting only), Kaiko Maru (sighting only) |
252 | Area III(east), IV, V(west, east) 35°E - 175°E |
853 Antarctic minke whales, 10 fin whales |
blue (5), fin (9), sei (1), humpback (13), right (15), sperm (1), bottlenose (1), pilot (1) |
Feasibility study. Harrastment by Greenpeace and Sea Shepherd vessels |
| 2006 | 15/Nov/'06 - 23/Mar/'07 (129 days) |
15/Dec/'06 - 28/Feb/'07 (76 days) |
11,968.87 miles | Nisshin Maru | Yushin Maru, Yushin Maru No. 2, Kyou Maru No. 1, Kyoshin Maru No. 2 (sighting only), Kaiko Maru (sighting only) |
259 | Area V, VI(west) 130°E - 145°W |
505 Antarctic minke whales, 3 fin whales |
blue (1), fin (3), humpback (13) |
Feasibility study. Harrastment by Greenpeace and Sea Shepherd vessels. Because of fire, research was broke off. |
| 2007 | 18/Nov/'07 - 15/Apr/'08 (150 days) |
15/Dec/'07 - 24/Mar/'08 (101 days) |
14,575.4 miles | Nisshin Maru | Yushin Maru, Yushin Maru No. 2, Yushin Maru No. 3, Kyoshin Maru No. 2 (sighting only), Kaiko Maru (sighting only) |
241 | Area III (east), IV, V(west) 35°E - 165°E |
551 Antarctic minke whales | blue (5), fin (3), humpback (5), right (18), sperm (1) |
Harrastment by Sea Shepherd vessels and Greenpeace. |
| 2008 | 17/Nov/'08 - 14/Apr/'09 (149 days) |
10/Dec/'08 - 22/Mar/'09 (103 days) |
14,351.45 miles | Nisshin Maru | Yushin Maru, Yushin Maru No. 2, Yushin Maru No. 3, Kyoshin Maru No. 2 (sighting only), Kaiko Maru (sighting only) |
240 | Area V, VI(west) 130°E - 145°W |
679 Antarctic minke whales, 1 fin whale |
fin (1), humpback (13) |
Harrastment by Sea Shepherd vessels. |
| 2009 | 19/Nov/'09 - 12/Apr/'10 (145 days) |
14/Dec/'09 - 20/Mar/'10 (97 days) |
8,232.0 miles | Nisshin Maru | Yushin Maru, Yushin Maru No. 2, Yushin Maru No. 3 (sighting only), Shonan Maru No. 2 (sighting only) |
208 | Area IIIE, IV, V(east) 35°E - 175°E |
506 Antarctic minke whales, 1 fin whale |
fin (1), humpback (84), right (1) |
Research interrupted for 31 days due to harrastment by Sea Shepherd. |
| 2010 | 2/Dec/'10 - 21/Mar/'11 (110 days) |
29/Dec/'10 - 18/Feb/'11 (52 days) |
1,877.2 miles | Nisshin Maru | Yushin Maru, Yushin Maru No. 2 (for prevention of harrastment) , Yushin Maru No. 3 (for prevention of harrastment) |
184 | Area IIIE, IV, V, VI(west) 35°E - 145°W |
170 Antarctic minke whales, 2 fin whales |
killer (1) | Actual research was less than 31 days due to harrastment by Sea Shepherd. |
| 2011 | 6/Dec/'11 - 31/Mar/'12 (117 days) |
1/Jan/'12 - 6/Mar/'12BR> (66 days) | 3,040.5 miles | Nisshin Maru | Yushin Maru, Yushin Maru No. 2, Yushin Maru No. 3 |
160 | Area V, VI(west) 130°E - 145°W |
266 Antarctic minke whales, 1 fin whale |
humpback (2), right (4) |
Actual research days was 44 due to harrastment by Sea Shepherd. Satellite tags were attached to two southern right whales and one Antarctic minke whale. |
| 2012 | 28/Dec/'12 - 7/Apr/'13 (101 days) |
26/Jan/'13 - 14/Mar/'13 (48 days) |
2,103.3 miles | Nisshin Maru | Yushin Maru, Yushin Maru No. 2, Yushin Maru No. 3 |
156 | Area IIIE, IV, V(east) 35°E - 175°E |
103 Antarctic minke whales | humpback (3) | Actual research days was 23 due to harrastment by Sea Shepherd. |
| 2013 | 7/Dec/'13 - 5/Apr/'14 (120 days) |
3/Jan/'14 - 13/Mar/'14 (70 days) |
3,182.0 miles | Nisshin Maru | Yushin Maru, Yushin Maru No. 2, Yushin Maru No. 3 |
165 | Area V, VI(west) 130°E - 145°W |
251 Antarctic minke whales | None | Actual research days was 42 due to harrastment by Sea Shepherd. |
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