Japan builds Whaling Mothership

[Catherine]

Japan is building a large whaling ship capable of reaching the Antarctic. It is called a mother ship because smaller, faster vessels will hunt and bring the dead whales to the mothership for processing.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/...antarctica

Does this mean Japan is planning to resume whaling in the southern ocean?
I think they will if they can get away with it. We need to support groups that oppose whaling more than ever. 
If we don't fight it, it will happen. Whales are already struggling to survive. They do not need a mothership going after them.