It’d be fun to turn the tables and Japan Self Defense Force commandos board the Sea Shepherd mothership, arrest Captain Cocoapuffs himself for piracy on the high seas and convey his @ss to Tokyo for trial.
Any Law of the Sea scholars out there?
I agree, the Japanese should seize the boat and arrest the entire bunch for Piracy, take them back to Japan and put them on TRIAL for PIRACY ON THE HIGH SEAS. Promptly execute them upon conviction and this crap will stop.
In the past, if you messed with a ship with a flag, that country would send the navy after you. So, I think the whaling captain could arrest the Sea Shepherd crew and sink their ship.