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Japan's North Pacific whaling takes lowest catch for years

Japan's North Pacific whaling takes lowest catch for years

The Agence France-Presse reports that ‘Japanese whalers … in the northwestern Pacific caught a record-low 34 minke whales this Spring, the fisheries agency said Thursday, blaming bad weather. The whaling, conducted in the name of “scientific research”, took place from April 18 to June 3 and netted 17 male and 17 female minke. The catch is the…

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