Prior to the meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC in Noordwjik/NL) Greenpeace Switzerland called an nationwide whale-day against commercial whale hunting.
In Zurich Greenpeace calls the attention the this day of action with a inflatable whale and a sign reading: 'JAPAN FORSCHT' translated in English 'JAPAN RESEARCHES', a banner reading: 'SAVE THE WHALE' and an information stand.