Mr Watson said his crew would consider a rescue mission if the men were not returned to his craft. "It is always a possibility. I mean, we do have a reputation for being aggressive. We are non-violent, we have never injured anybody, but we are certainly not afraid of taking aggressive measures," Mr Watson said.
Japan's Foreign Minister Stephen Smith 'agreed' for a release of the anti-whaling activists after the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and embassy officials in Tokyo approached the Japanese government
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Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson, whose is captaining the vessel of the detained crew members, said he had not been told by authorities in either Japan or Australia that his crew would be returned.
Mr Watson said since the Japanese were said to have given their commitment to return the men to the whaling vessel, they appeared to have pulled further away from his.
"I have only heard about this from you. We certainly want our crew members back, but I don't know if they are just talking. Everybody talks, but nobody does anything down here," Mr Watson told AAP.
"We haven't been notified by anybody. Not Australia, not Japan, not anybody. We are not even sure where the Yushin Maru No. 2 is.
"It has disappeared off our radar screen."
He said despite numerous attempts to contact the Japanese ship there had been no replies to his radio calls.
"We have tried many times to communicate with them but there is no answer," he said.
Mr Watson said his crew would consider a rescue mission if the men were not returned to his craft.
"It is always a possibility. I mean, we do have a reputation for being aggressive. We are non-violent, we have never injured anybody, but we are certainly not afraid of taking aggressive measures," Mr Watson said.
"We have got some ideas, but we have to look at putting them in place."
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Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson, whose is captaining the vessel of the detained crew members, said he had not been told by authorities in either Japan or Australia that his crew would be returned.
Mr Watson said since the Japanese were said to have given their commitment to return the men to the whaling vessel, they appeared to have pulled further away from his.
"I have only heard about this from you. We certainly want our crew members back, but I don't know if they are just talking. Everybody talks, but nobody does anything down here," Mr Watson told AAP.
"We haven't been notified by anybody. Not Australia, not Japan, not anybody. We are not even sure where the Yushin Maru No. 2 is.
"It has disappeared off our radar screen."
He said despite numerous attempts to contact the Japanese ship there had been no replies to his radio calls.
"We have tried many times to communicate with them but there is no answer," he said.
Mr Watson said his crew would consider a rescue mission if the men were not returned to his craft.
"It is always a possibility. I mean, we do have a reputation for being aggressive. We are non-violent, we have never injured anybody, but we are certainly not afraid of taking aggressive measures," Mr Watson said.
"We have got some ideas, but we have to look at putting them in place."
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