Such exports would represent the first international trade in whale products in more than a decade.

The most valuable whale product was, and still is, Ambergris.

As the market for whale products fell, catches became too small to be economic and by 1831 only whaling ship, the Phoenix, remained.

He has long since retired from processing whale products.

Supporters of the regulation, which included the UK, claimed that alternatives existed for every whale product.

Environmentalists condemn Norway's plan, which would represent the first international trade in whale products in more than a decade.

A free audio tour, for example, tells visitors that in the century since the height of whaling, the need for whale products has disappeared.

The community prospered on trading fur and whale products.

As the demand for whale products grew, residents became more aggressive in their harvesting techniques.

Over the centuries, trade in whale products helped many nations prosper; no country now generates wealth and food by taking this awful toll.