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WWF opposes commercial whaling, now and until WWF is convinced that the governments of the world have brought whaling under international control, with a precautionary and conservation-based enforceable management and compliance system adhered to by the whaling nations. Norway broke the moratorium in and resumed commercial whaling.
Since then they have taken over 6, minke whales under objection. In the past, whales were killed largely for their oil , blubber and sometimes for meat , which was used to produce various materials. It is estimated that by the s, over 50, whales were being killed annually. By the middle of the century, many of these species could not recover quickly enough to repopulate their losses. The reason for the large economic boom in the whaling industry during the 17th century was caused by significant technological advances in ships, harpoons, and other whaling equipment.
In fact, although whales were hunted since the B. The third, a humpback whale, was found dead floating tangled in the nets the day after the second minke was killed. Taiji Fisheries Association has argued that it was left with no choice but to kill the second whale. And Mr Moronuki, director for fisheries negotiations at the Fisheries Agency, adds in his email that there was no other way to kill the animal when they finally decided to act.
But for Mr Yabuki and Mr Simmonds, it is the brutality of the animals death which lingers on. But I could not. Activists hope that videos like the one of the minke's death will inspire change in Japan. But there is little will from the government to roll back on a policy which has proved popular among Japan's fishing communities, meaning this video is unlikely to be the last one the world sees. Where whales are back on the menu.
Japan resumes commercial whaling despite outcry. Japan begins controversial Taiji dolphin hunt. Image source, LIA. The whale initially became trapped in the fishermen's nets but was later killed. Japan and the whale Is Japan losing its taste for whale meat? Image source, AFP. The first commercial hunting trips in 30 years took place in July Audrey Lee is a writer living in Singapore. This is her first blog for the International Marine Mammal Project. Whaling is the practice of hunting and killing whales by humans for multiple purposes and has been going on for more than a thousand years.
Throughout the centuries, whaling became increasingly intense and widespread, especially with the development of the exploding harpoon and better boat engines to chase down the whales. In the s, due to over-hunting, most large whale populations collapsed. A moratorium on commercial hunting of whales was finally put in place by the International Whaling Commission IWC in late But some countries continue to hunt whales for profit, notably Iceland, Japan, and Norway.
Even though actions are being taken and bans are being placed, the number of whales in the wild has reached a critically low number due to over-whaling, and at least seven of the 13 large whale species are either endangered or vulnerable even after many years of protection. Some cultures also used the meat, although most did not. Whale oil obtained from sperm whales, right whales, and bowhead whales was especially in high demand. A single large sperm whale could yield as much as three tons of sperm oil.
However, the use of whale oil declined in the mid's as kerosene and other petroleum products started replacing its use.
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