Brisbane's contribution to a worldwide protest against the slaughter and captive sale of small marine mammals, carried out in the coastal fishing villages of Japan. Taiji is the most well know, after "The Cove" doco won an oscar. I have heard but it has not been confirmed as yet that Futo will resume is hunts with the sole purpose of capturing wild dolphins to sell to marine theme parks around the world. Taji aside from slaughtering the dolphins for meat also spares the lives of some for sale into the captive marine mammal industry.
The 1st of September marks the start day of the drive fisheries hunts which will run for the next 6 months.