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Sea Shepherd is an anti-whaling eco-activist body that is at present working hard to keep track of the activities of the Japanese whaling fleet pursuing its activities in the Southern Ocean, says BBC News.

Its flagship vessel, the Steve Irwin, sailed away from Western Australia for the Southern Ocean in January, its goal being the interception of the Japanese fleet. This will start its yearly whaling operations around this region.

Having continuously disrupted Japan's whaling activities for more than 10 years, the Sea Shepherd forced Japan to stop its 2014-2015 hunt, as the International Court of Justice said the commercial activities were pretending to be research tasks.

However, this year, it is expanding its activities, such that Sea Shepherd cannot track them, reports Radio New Zealand.

Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson points out the dangers of whaling. "The Japanese whaling fleet has greatly expanded their area of illegal operations in the Southern Ocean. This makes finding them very difficult," he said.

The group has even tapped Australia and New Zealand for help. The Environment Minister Greg Hunt says that whaling should not be supported, yet his reports on the activities of the Japanese government have been "non-committal".