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The Importance of Fishing in Norway

Minkiwail is an opportunist, even salmon and cod and herring. If you hunt whale, you can fish more fish because you have the balance in the ecosystem. Do you know how many minkawales there are in the world? The latest number is 150,000. Not in the world, in the North Atlantic. That's about 50 to 60,000 tons each day of fish.

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