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Published online 20 July 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040719-7
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Whales cleared of competing with fishermen
Global study declares suggested culls are unnecessary.
Whales and other marine mammals do not exploit fisheries to satisfy the bulk of their 600-million-tonne annual appetite, scientists told the International Whaling Commission yesterday.
The research is creating conflict in an already fractious environment, at a time when Japan and Norway have announced their intentions to increase whale captures.
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