In my note I forgot to point out that the Norwegian Government continues to use, in justifying its continued whaling, the false laim that culling minke whales protects its fisheries because the whales eat fish. This is utter nonsense. Some minke whales do sometimes eat some fished, though they really subsist on plankton. There is not scientific evidence whatsoever that such occasional feasting has a deleterious effect on Norwegian, or indeed anyone else's fisheries.
Sidney