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ne day, there could be more eries and cultural imports, too, has only that included Fisheries Agency of? cials, porting infrastructure. Government ? -

European-looking vessel just slackened. “Many opportunities for labor groups and ordinary ? shermen nancial help prioritized ? sheries piers pro? les on that iconic To- Japanese ? shing vessel owners can be started arriving in Iceland in 2012, about and quays but quickly spread to ? shing

O kyo Bay scene of Mount Fuji found (now) that the government there a year after the devastating Great East- cooperatives with grants and loans to behind tiny, high-prowed, reinforced has agreed to have the vessel built in ern Japan Earthquake triggered a tsu- buy replacements for lost vessels. Oth- ? berglass ? shing boats (90 percent of accordance with Icelandic drawings,” nami that killed thousands and destroyed ers used insurance. Before and since the the ? eet) and the archetypical sloping says Mr. Emilsson. Japanese delegations countless ? shing vessels and their sup- tsunami, a government program was al- silhouettes of commercial vessels in the 400 gross-ton, or GT class. Strike that —

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