ApocaDocs: Whaling under fire as Norway catches only half of its quota

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Posted Fri Aug 22 2008: from Guardian (UK):


	Whaling under fire as Norway catches only half of its quota http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1219432470 Norway will not catch enough whales to meet its quota this year, in what environmentalists are claiming is proof that the nation should abandon the activity completely. Since the whaling season started on April 1, fishermen have caught around half the number of animals allowed by the authorities – 533 common minke whales out of a quota of 1,052.... Norway hunts only one type of whale, the common minke whale, which is considered as "threatened with extinction" according to Cites, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, which bans its international trade.

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And here I used to think Norway was cool.