The WDCS charges that Iceland "made illegal shipments of whale products to Latvia and Belarus."

鲸鱼与海豚保护协会指控冰岛“向拉脱维亚和白俄罗斯非法输送鲸鱼产品。”

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"Iceland's fishing industry is essentially an export economy, " commented Sue Fisher, whaling campaigner for the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS).

BBC: Iceland minister warns on whaling

The WDCS says one problem is the expansion of oil and gas exploration into the deep seas and the resulting growth in seismic testing to find fossil fuel deposits.

BBC: NEWS | Science/Nature | The deafening sound of the seas

The WDCS says the frequency ranges of some noise sources of human origin may be blotting out other, biologically important sounds, preventing mothers and calves from staying in touch and masking sound cues for predators and their prey.

BBC: NEWS | Science/Nature | The deafening sound of the seas