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Whalers cut open a 35-tonne Fin whale off the western coast of Iceland

By Halldor Kolbeins

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Whalers cut open a 35-tonne Fin whale off the western coast of Iceland on June 19. Despite being officially illegal, the international trade in whale meat between the whale-hunting nations of Japan, Iceland and Norway is quietly picking up again, say enviromental campaigners. Whalers cut open a 35-tonne Fin whale off the western coast of Iceland on June 19. Despite being officially illegal, the international trade in whale meat between the whale-hunting nations of Japan, Iceland and Norway is quietly picking up again, say enviromental campaigners.


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