"The fleet would sometimes catch more whales than necessary, he said, strip them of their most expensive parts and throw what was left overboard."
"I didn't think of the embezzlement at first. I just couldn't stand the waste. A lot of meat was being thrown away because we kept catching whales even after we'd reached our daily quota. I decided I had to tell someone what was happening."
151 posted on 07/23/2010 5:02:23 PM PDT by anglian