'Bycatch' whaling a growing threat to coastal whales
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 - 11:14
in Biology & Nature
Scientists are warning that a new form of unregulated whaling has emerged along the coastlines of Japan and South Korea, where the commercial sale of whales killed as fisheries "bycatch" is threatening coastal stocks of minke whales and other protected species.
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