[ClearCase_guy]

fishermen who stumbled upon a floating sperm whale carcass

Not sure how much to trust that.

I think that if an American were to harvest a sperm whale, it would be a crime against humanity.
A muslim can get a pass on that (because they're awesome) but from a public relations standpoint, maybe it's best to say that they were not hunting whales. They just found one.

[Textide]

Yep. That was my first thought. Hunting passed off as luck because they are from a third world country.

[dainbramaged]

I think that if an American were to harvest a sperm whale, it would be a crime against humanity.
It would be treated as a federal crime due to the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, signed by Nixon in 1974. Before that, you could hunt seals and polar bear, plus pick up highly valuable chunks of ambergris off the beach and sell them.