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New Zealand is among the nations which have reportedly helped draw up a secret deal to break the whaling deadlock with Japan.
Under the plan, Japan could kill more minke whales in its coastal waters and take many more whales in the North Pacific.
In return, whalers would agree to one of two offers: phase out scientific whaling in the Antarctic entirely or impose an annual limit for the Southern Ocean.
It is reported the proposal was hammered out in secret by an International Whaling Commission drafting group made up of New Zealand, Australia, Japan, the United States, Sweden and Brazil.
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