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By a vote of 19 to 6, the International Whaling Commission has decided to clamp down on the issuing of scientific whaling permits. Countries which attempt to defy the ruling risk United States sanctions which include a ban on fishing in US waters and an embargo on the export of fish products to American markets. Aboriginal subsistence whaling will still be allowed in Greenland, the Soviet Union and Alaska — about 300 whales per year.
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Forest and Bird, Volume 18, Issue 3, 1 August 1987, Page 37
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78STOP PRESS STOP PRESS Forest and Bird, Volume 18, Issue 3, 1 August 1987, Page 37
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