Yes it is certianly in the beholders eye.If you were a(living) krill you would think of a whale as a predator. I,ve seen all sorts of things taken from whale stomachs from sea birds to herrings. Sperm whales are certainly predators. As for a shortage of krill they are being harvested in large quantities and like the fish stocks are being depleted.
Also if the apex predator is healthy then it is probably Ok to harvest some.
In a world where food is going to be in more and more demand and climate change reducing production, each whale will be looked at as 10 tonnes of meat and 8 tons of edible oil plus some other byproduct stock food ingredients.
As for possums, if you were a fruit grower you would not consider them endangered. They only seem that way because they mostly come out after dark and most people seldom get to see them.
Green peace like to show the killing of whales as very cruel. Most times the explosive charge in the harpoon head which explodes in the whale shortly after impact, means instant death. In the event that it does not happen then a second "killer" shot is fired. Of course there is blood in the water as there is blood in any abattoirs.
( I worked at whaling stations in the 50s for several seasons and do not apologise for the fact.)
Yes it is certianly in the beholders eye.
However I certainly don't like to live in a world where we are depleting our natural resources just to survive today.
If only more people had balls like Capt. Paul Watson.
http://www.seashepherd.org/crew-watson.html
His organisation are the only ones that I know off who actually do anything to stop whaling.
I tip's me hat to the likes of Paul Watson and wish there were more like him
Dave
WHALES ARE FISH TOO!
Actually whales arent fish they are mammals like us Breathing in the same toxic air we do, Go Doctor watson, At least someones having a go instead of turning a blind eye, After all for every ONE that is caught or sunk i'm sur there are hundreds flying under the radar, Sink Em All I sayWell Dave I think Paul Watson of Sea Shepard ought to be stopped then hung, drawn and quartered.
Lets face it the guy is just a renegade troublemaker of international proportion.
What he is doing by ramming ships on the high seas is commonly known throughout the world as Piracy. If I were to register a ship in any country I can think of and then carry out actions such as his I would expect severe legal consequences - how he has not already been called to order is beyond me.
We can only hope for the safety of all seafarers that he is removed in the future.
And you know at the end of the day:
WHALES ARE FISH TOO!
Hey that was my lineIn all fairness, whales may just be mammals, not fish..
cheers,
What he is doing by ramming ships on the high seas is commonly known throughout the world as Piracy
In all fairness, whales may just be mammals, not fish..
cheers,
Yes it is certianly in the beholders eye.
However I certainly don't like to live in a world where we are depleting our natural resources just to survive today. IMO we humans are smarter, and, more capable of a much better outcome for now and the future.
We are now educated enough to understand the consequences of our actions, well some of us are. Would you now, knowing what you know, work in a whaling station today?
In consideration of the length of time that this has been occurring this would amount to traditional harvest would it not?
No it would not.
Unless of course they use "Traditionall" methods of harvesting, which they don't.
Dave
No one else who catches anything under the "traditional or customary" banner uses totally traditional methods - why are you discriminating against the Japanese or for that matter the Norwegians?.
Come on, even it up. If you harvest whales its bad, no matter who you are.
Dave, you do understand that while the harvesting of whales by Japan has only been common for about the last 70 years the harvesting of dolphins and pilot whales has gone on for many hundred years there, as has the harvest of whales by the native Inuit people in places like Canada and Alaska.
In consideration of the length of time that this has been occurring this would amount to traditional harvest would it not?
I live in New Zealand where we have it rammed done our throats every day to be respectful of other peoples, particularly native peoples, "traditional or customary rights".
Why is it that some people are allowed to catch and harvest these animals, or at least it is perceived to be morally acceptable to do so (the native Inuits), but not so for others?
Either the animals are endangered globally.......or not.
How is it that they are considered endangered for one group of people but not another?
Considering, as I've said, both the Japanese and the native Inuits have caught these aninals for a very long time what would it be that you're using to differentiate between the two groups rights for access?
It wouldn't be race would it Dave, cos you know what thats called...
But what if there are no whales left? Or particular species of whales? Or dolphins.... Or whatever we humans are making extinct.Traditional, ritual – get real, in 1000 years we will have 31 century, move on people.
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