Boycott over whaling

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Boycott over whaling

By Lynda Hansen

Greenpeace Australia is urging a boycott of Norwegian products because of the Norwegian government's defiance of an international moratorium on whaling established in 1986.

In recent months Norwegian ships have killed 226 minke whales, the majority female, most of them pregnant. Norway's coastal whaling operations, operating since the 1930s, have reduced whale populations by 50-70%.

The United States is threatening sanctions against Norway. Britain has just cancelled a œ3 million prawn and fish contract which brings the total cost of the boycott to an estimated US$53 million worldwide.

The Greenpeace boycott will continue until Norwegian government halts coastal whaling.

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