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- Source: Norwegian newspaper "Nordlys",
- Date: 09-03-99
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- JAPANESE TO CAPTURE LIVE ORCAS FROM LOFOTEN
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- Tromso: A group of Japanese want to capture six
killer whales and send them by air to an amusement park
in Japan. The probable place of capture is Lofoten and
Vester=E5len.
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- The Norwegian Trade Council has helped the Japanese
to get started. A delegation of 4 people is to arrive in
Norway next week with a hectic programme. They are to
investigate if it is possible to import live orcas to
Japan.
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- A large aquarium is under construction in Nagoy,
which is to be ready in the year 2001. This is where the
whales will be placed if all goes as planned. The
Japanese will have meetings with the Norwegian Ministery
of Fisheries, research institutions and whalers.
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- Richard Pedersen from, the Norwegian Trade Council,
has organised the meeting for the Japanese. -"They are
coming to find out if Norwegian laws and regulation will
allow success. It is most likely that the orcas will be
captured from Vesterolen in Lofoten. The transport
distance is not
- particularly long from an airport in the North of
Norway, with the same Aeroflot cargo planes that send
salmon."
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- Neither the Ministery of Fisheries, nor the Ministery
of Enviroment, are particularly happy with the problems
they face. -"The authorities have been rather reserved,
but say that in theory it is not impossible. The whalers
have assured us that it is not unfeasable to catch
orcas", says Pedersen.
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- The Japanese will be going to Lofoten to meet whaler
Jan Kristiansen. Steinar Bastesen is also to meet the
Japanese. -"Nets, seditives or cornering them in a fjord
can be techniques used to catch the whales", Bastesen.
Orcas have never been caught alive in Norway before.
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