All Whaling Pictures by AltaVista {Faroe Islands Pilot Whales. On Apr. 15, 1999, the German food distribution company ALDI Einkauf GmbH & Co. announced that it would cease doing business with Faroe Islands at the expiration of its current contract for frozen salmon fillets, in protest of the annual pilot whale kill in the Faroe Islands.} [Environment News Service] HI Whale Watching and Research Violations. On Apr. 15, 1999, NMFS announced that a HI whale watching and research operation had been assessed a $13,000 civil penalty for 7 civil violations of the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act occurring between January and May 1998. Charges include failing to allow inspection of research records by providing falsified documents, unauthorized approached to humpback whales, failure to include research data in annual reports, allowing unauthorized personnel to operate a research vessel, and failure to keep accurate and complete research records. [NOAA press release]

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