綠色和平組織保育人士從冰島小鎮報紙的一則新聞報導中得知，最近一次冰島捕鯨行動中所捕獲的鯨肉、鯨骨和內臟（總計超過475噸），將白白被銷毀。
國際保育組織發現有200噸長鬚鯨肉，被擱置在倉庫中，準備進行化學污染的檢測。根據北歐綠色和平海洋保育運動人士普連姆（Frode Pleym）指出，其他179噸的長鬚鯨遺骸（內臟和鯨骨）則被丟棄到垃圾掩埋場，任其自行腐爛。
學名為Balaenoptera physalus的長鬚鯨，已被列入華盛頓公約第一層級附錄中的瀕危物種，第一層級附錄中的野生物種已面臨絕種威脅，而華盛頓公約也禁止任何將瀕危物種用於商業用途的國際交易行為。根據估計，過去3個世代（60年到75年）的長鬚鯨數量在全球已減少50%，這也讓長鬚鯨在世界自然保育聯盟紅皮書中被歸類為瀕臨絕種的動物。
冰島所貯存的鯨肉和鯨脂大多出口至日本，但根據日本農林水產省統計，日本截至2006年10月仍擁有4962噸的鯨肉庫存量。綠色和平組織表示，光去年在日本市場上就有5500公噸的鯨肉供應量，包括未被食用或未售出而丟棄的鯨肉。
More than 475 tons of whale meat, bones and entrails from a recent Icelandic hunt are going to waste, Greenpeace activists have learned following an article in a small-town Icelandic newspaper.
The international conservation organization has found that 200 metric tons of fin whale meat is sitting in storage waiting to be tested for chemical contamination.
A further 179 metric tons of fin whale remains - entrails and bones - have been buried at a landfill site and left to rot, according to Greenpeace Nordic oceans campaigner Frode Pleym.
The fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus, is listed under Appendix I by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, CITES. Appendix I species are threatened with extinction and CITES prohibits international trade in these species for commercial purposes.
The fin whale is classified as Endangered in the IUCN's Red Data Book on the basis of an estimated decline of at least 50 percent worldwide over the last three generations of fin whales - from 60 to 75 years.
The Icelandic meat and blubber in storage is intended for export to Japan, despite the fact that Japan had 4,962 metric tons of whale meat stockpiled as of October 2006, according to the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
Last year, 5,500 tons of whale meat was supplied to the Japanese market. This includes whale meat which does not get eaten and is thrown away because it did not sell, Greenpeace said.
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