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DATE: MONDAY, April 2, 1990                   TAG: 9004020309
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A2   EDITION: EVENING 
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DATELINE: TOKYO                                LENGTH: Short

JAPANESE FLEET TAKES 330 WHALES OFF ANTARCTICA IN DISPUTED PROGRAM

Japan's whaling fleet returned from the Antarctic Ocean after catching 330 small whales in the third season of a controversial research program aimed at counting the whale population, officials said today.

"We believe we were able to achieve good scientific results from the research," Nobuyuki Yagi, a Fishery Agency official, said after the expedition ended Saturday.

The Japanese government hopes the International Whaling Commission, which imposed a worldwide moratorium on commercial whaling in 1986, will decide there are enough of some species to lift the ban partially.

- Associated Press 


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