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Submitted by urbananglernyc on Tue, 03/09/2010 - 13:06.

Louie Psihoyos, right, accepted the Oscar for “The Cove” on Sunday, with Ric O’Barry, center, and Fisher Stevens.

By JENNIFER STEINHAUER

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — It is sport among black belt sushi eaters here to see just how daring one’s palate can be. But even among the squid-chomping, roe-eating and uni-nibbling fans, whale is almost unheard of on the plate. It also happens to be illegal.

Yet with video cameras and tiny microphones, the team behind Sunday’s Oscar-winning documentary film “The Cove” orchestrated a Hollywood-meets-Greenpeace-style covert operation to ferret out what the authorities say is illegal whale meat at one of this town’s most highly regarded sushi destinations....

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Courtesy of NY Times

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