Because the Japanese are exceedingly secretive of this practice, it's almost impossible to witness the action first hand. For example, in the documentary "The Cove" when Ric O'Barry and his crew first came to the cove they're interrupted by local police and fisherman who attempt the block the cameras and phones with their body and then proceed to treat Ric and his crew with intimidation and anger. The locals do this because they can't legally hide and remove people from the premises unless they do something wrong, in this case, become provoked. So they had to sneak into the cove/lagoon with a special ops crew and high-tech equipment to plant hidden cameras and microphones around the area. The team then exposed this to the members of the International Whaling Commission on live television. The documentary was filmed in 2007 and released in 2009 , nearly 7 years ago. Even after this it has hardly achieved
Because the Japanese are exceedingly secretive of this practice, it's almost impossible to witness the action first hand. For example, in the documentary "The Cove" when Ric O'Barry and his crew first came to the cove they're interrupted by local police and fisherman who attempt the block the cameras and phones with their body and then proceed to treat Ric and his crew with intimidation and anger. The locals do this because they can't legally hide and remove people from the premises unless they do something wrong, in this case, become provoked. So they had to sneak into the cove/lagoon with a special ops crew and high-tech equipment to plant hidden cameras and microphones around the area. The team then exposed this to the members of the International Whaling Commission on live television. The documentary was filmed in 2007 and released in 2009 , nearly 7 years ago. Even after this it has hardly achieved