Source: "Marine Hunters: Whaling and Sealing in the North Atlantic," published by the High North Alliance, 1997.


Aboriginal Hunting

Making Money Prohibited


GREENLAND: The villagers have caught a minke whale with the help of small boats and are here distributing the meat and blubber. Everyone gets a share. The larger fishing vessels, those equipped with a harpoon gun, sell most of the products from their catch of fin and minke whales on the domestic market, through the ordinary commercial channels.

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