Some scientists have suggested sinking dead whales off the Scottish coast in the hope of observing the creatures.

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Dolores Kelly of the SDLP said she hoped that members would join her in extending condolences to the families of the fishermen lost in the sinking of a trawler off the west coast of Cork the previous weekend.

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The trawler's planned sinking was temporarily halted Thursday morning when the Coast Guard ship, the Anacapa, based out of Petersburg, Alaska, arrived to find a Canadian ship inspecting the trawler.

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