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@Richard_Cheese
Well, a small (and yes, ultimately futile) gesture is to stop buying tuna products. I'm not a vegetarian, and don't disagree with eating animal products, but if you want to argue against mass market fisheries the place to start is tuna.
It is a fish that really cannot be farmed and the fishing of it is shockingly destructive. It is really one of the few moves one can make against the Japanese fishing industry that would, in an ideal world, make a difference.
I wish that the Japanese (and me) could go on enjoying fish as cuisine, but they cannot, and should not, and as such refusing to buy tuna at the very least is a positive move.
Of course I'm a cynic who knows that this individual action will not make much difference, but if you won't practice what you preach then you're just a waste of space like everyone else.
It would be nice to think that doing this would have a repurcussive effect on the Japanese fisheries and their attitude toward whaling.