But Hasegawa said if hunters take a lot of minke whales in the nearby Sea of Okhotsk, it would reduce sightings and hurt the business. Whale watching has become popular in other areas of Japan as well, including parts of the southern Okinawa islands.

但是驰川表示，如果捕鲸人在附近的鄂霍次克海捕获大量的小须鲸，就会减少目击到鲸鱼的机会，并伤害到这门生意。观鲸在日本其它地区也很受欢迎，其中包括冲绳岛南部的部分地区。

Rausu is 160 kilometers north of the port city of Kushiro. That is where the first ships left from earlier this month to restart whale hunting. On the first day of the hunt, two minke whales were killed.

罗臼位于港口城市钏路市以北160公里。这是本月初重启捕鲸的首批船只出发的地方。在捕鲸首日有两只小须鲸被捕杀。

One whale-watching boat operator in Rausu, Masato Hasegawa, said his tours also search for minke whales. But the former fisherman said hunters do not go after some other kinds of whales his visitors recently saw, such as sperm whales and orcas.

罗臼一位赏鲸船的驾驶员驰川正户表示，他的观鲸游也在寻找小须鲸。但是这位前渔民表示，捕猎人员不会捕杀游客们最近看到的其它种类的鲸鱼，例如抹香鲸和逆戟鲸。

The Nordic country caught less than half of its annual quota of 855 minke whales, already reduced from last year's quota of 1, 052.

挪威现在捕杀鲸鱼的数量不到其855头年份度的一半，而这个年份额少于去年的1052头。

Japan would be allowed to hunt 120 minke whales in its coastal waters as a sop to local sentiment in four ports.

日本将会被允许在自己的海域内猎杀120条小须鲸，作为对四个港口当地人情感上的一些安慰。

In the same period last year, Japan killed 506 minke whales, well below its planned catch of around 850.

日本去年同期共捕杀506头小须鲸，远低于原计划的850头。

They hunt the Atlantic minke whale, which has a population of about 103, 000.

他们所捕的大西洋小须鲸种群大约有103000头。

We camped with a view of the sea and went to see humpback and minke whales spouting yards from the boat.

我们在能看见海景的地方扎了营，去观赏了座头鲸和小须鲸，它们就在小船几码远的地方喷水。

A dwarf minke whale cuts through the water, its many throat grooves clearly visible.

一只侏儒小须鲸正切开水面它身体底部众多的喉腹折（throatgroove）清晰可见。

Masayuki Komatsu, who once described Minke whales as "the cockroaches of the ocean, " said the Japanese were eating tuna into extinction.

曾说小须鲸是“海洋中的蟑螂”的小松正行称日本国民已经快把金枪鱼吃到灭绝了。

minke whale

小须鲸;小鳁鲸；尖嘴鲸； 尖头鲸；矛鲸；明克鲸;缟臂鲸；小温鲸

minke whale

小须鲸