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Fish were consumed and sold, but whales were important because thier blubber was melted down to make whale oil. Whale oil was used for illumination such as lighting lanterns. It was also exported out of the colonies

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i think because they like a lot of fish and they have to ship it off in other places

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because they neded food to survive

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