From September 1st until May, dolphins will be hunted into small coves using sounds, boats and nets, and they will then be picked off - the most attractive and unmarked being sold to waterparks and aquariums.
As for the rest, they will be stabbed in the spine with sharp spear - before being taken off to be cut up for dog meat, fertiliser and human consumption. Though the latter is actually the least likely option of the three - due to the high levels of heavy metals found in dolphin meat.
Horrifically, the dolphins often take up to half an hour to die after being stabbed, with little mercy shown for them in their pain.
Taiji, the Japanese town made famous by animal rights film The Cove, saw 800 dolphin deaths in 2014, with 2,000 the year before that.
But sadly, Taiji is not alone. The practice is carried out elsewhere around the globe - including as far afield as Peru, South America.
Shocking footage of 2014’s hunt can be viewed here, though it’s certainly not for the faint of heart.
Or watch The Cove Documentary in full here: