Whaling is the hunting of whales for meat, oils blubber , and scientific research Its earliest forms date to at least circa 3000 BC. (Britannica Online Encyclopedia). 2001.
Various coastal communities have long histories of subsistence whaling and harvesting beached whales. Industrial whaling emerged with organized fleets in the 17th century; competitive national whaling industries in the 18th and 19th centuries; and the introduction of factory shipping along with the concept of whale harvesting in the first half of the 20th century. By the late 1930s, more than 50,000 whales were killed annually (The Canadian Encyclopedia.)
I agree with the Norwegian and Japanese position on permitting the hunting of non-endangered species of whales as a cultural …show more content…
This brings conflict of interest. I feel it’s better that, independent International non-governmental organizations like UN or WTO should be the ones involved in handling such issues. Most of the nations are members to most of the International non-governmental organizations. Members from the nations in question should not be involved in settling down the issues in order to maintain accountability of the decision made. These non-governmental organizations can weigh the validity of cultural issues independently.
In all vies of these circumstances, the Norwegian Government suggested to raise the objection to the moratorium and commenced commercial whaling. The Government of Iceland, a pro-whaling nation withdrew from IWC (rejoining in 2003), and the Canadian and Philippines Governments also withdrew.
There are more than 80 species of cetaceans in the world. While some are endangered, some are abundant. The Japanese Government strongly supports the protection of endangered whale species such as Blue whales.
On the other hand, the Japanese Government requests that the international community recognize …show more content…
Further, in 1992, the IWC scientific committee calculated that an annual take of two thousand Antarctic Minke whales for one hundred years would not adversely affect stocks.
It is said that number of blue whales decreased from 20,000 to just a few hundred due to excessive, unregulated hunting by nations such as great Britain that stated whaling activities in the Antarctic Ocean in 1904.
The capture of blue whales has been prohibited for over 40 years, but the stocks have not yet recovered (The IWC estimates the current Blue whale population at 1,260). On the other hand, the JARPAI research program established that numbers of the prolific Minke whale have increased 9.5 times over the past century. Near the Antarctic ice edge, there is direct competition for food where minke whales, blue whales, crabeater seals and penguins all eat krill.(Euphausia superba).
We define a Cultural Activity as something that everybody does as the participant, are physically doing outside of work, and that we are experiencing within the American Culture (on American soil, and/or with Americans). Besides that doing cultural activities is a mandatory part of our program, and it is the best way for us to explore what our city, town, borough, or landscape has to
Various coastal communities have long histories of subsistence whaling and harvesting beached whales. Industrial whaling emerged with organized fleets in the 17th century; competitive national whaling industries in the 18th and 19th centuries; and the introduction of factory shipping along with the concept of whale harvesting in the first half of the 20th century. By the late 1930s, more than 50,000 whales were killed annually (The Canadian Encyclopedia.)
I agree with the Norwegian and Japanese position on permitting the hunting of non-endangered species of whales as a cultural …show more content…
This brings conflict of interest. I feel it’s better that, independent International non-governmental organizations like UN or WTO should be the ones involved in handling such issues. Most of the nations are members to most of the International non-governmental organizations. Members from the nations in question should not be involved in settling down the issues in order to maintain accountability of the decision made. These non-governmental organizations can weigh the validity of cultural issues independently.
In all vies of these circumstances, the Norwegian Government suggested to raise the objection to the moratorium and commenced commercial whaling. The Government of Iceland, a pro-whaling nation withdrew from IWC (rejoining in 2003), and the Canadian and Philippines Governments also withdrew.
There are more than 80 species of cetaceans in the world. While some are endangered, some are abundant. The Japanese Government strongly supports the protection of endangered whale species such as Blue whales.
On the other hand, the Japanese Government requests that the international community recognize …show more content…
Further, in 1992, the IWC scientific committee calculated that an annual take of two thousand Antarctic Minke whales for one hundred years would not adversely affect stocks.
It is said that number of blue whales decreased from 20,000 to just a few hundred due to excessive, unregulated hunting by nations such as great Britain that stated whaling activities in the Antarctic Ocean in 1904.
The capture of blue whales has been prohibited for over 40 years, but the stocks have not yet recovered (The IWC estimates the current Blue whale population at 1,260). On the other hand, the JARPAI research program established that numbers of the prolific Minke whale have increased 9.5 times over the past century. Near the Antarctic ice edge, there is direct competition for food where minke whales, blue whales, crabeater seals and penguins all eat krill.(Euphausia superba).
We define a Cultural Activity as something that everybody does as the participant, are physically doing outside of work, and that we are experiencing within the American Culture (on American soil, and/or with Americans). Besides that doing cultural activities is a mandatory part of our program, and it is the best way for us to explore what our city, town, borough, or landscape has to