I watched a tv documentary a couple of months about a previous encounter between the two vessels. Paul Watson Captain of the Sea Shepherd says he was shot by a marksman on the same whaling ship a while back. Only his kevlar vest and his badge saved him,, hmmm?

While watching the 1/2 hour video I was looking at the young activist, long haired crew thinking that they just looked like a bunch of college grads. that after graduation just had to protest something so they signed on as crew.

So, he was shot by the whaling ship and now they t-boned another of his boats. You would think that after being shot he would make sure he had footage of everything that happened so he could document it. The video shot was taken from the Japanese ship instead. I understand that the 'Ishi Maru' is so frustrated by the activists that they have coast guard members and a video crew on board to back up what takes place.

Something wrong here. The Japanese are notorious for exploiting the sea and have done some horrendous things to sea life but it seems to me this captain and his crew are doing all they can to bring attention to themselves even if it means lying through their teeth to get media attention.

Video of an account of the shooting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b322f6ZQfkY