I've been an active opponent of the anti-whaling movement since the mid-1970s when I published an important article in the CoEvolution Quarterly presenting the data on whales (Minke stocks were almost fully replenished by that time) and calling the anti-whaling movement (anti-Japanese) racist.
Since then I have found the movement to be filled with liars and religious fanatics with nary a shred of empirical evidence to support their views. The Japanese government formed the International Whaling Commission to preserve the world's whale populations at a time when Americans were slaughtering whales indiscriminately and wastefully.
Why Americans can eat cows and pigs but Japanese shouldn't be allowed to eat whales, is a concept I can't seem to grasp....especially if you love cows and pigs as much as I do (really).
Here is an authoritative article that shows who the anti-whalers are. They throw acid on the deck of a commercial ship, try to destroy its engine, board it without invitation and then scream to the world that they are the pathetic victims of Japanese brutality.