For there is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men.
Herman Melville, Moby Dick
In the first years after the moratorium, Japan hunted the highest number of whales, on a ‘special permit’ exception, followed bei the USSR. Both countries also hunted in Antarctic waters. Overall nine countries caught whales in that period, among them Portugal and Indonesia. Indonesia seized hunting in 1987 and Portugal in 1988.
