It is leading to the probable extinction of one of the most intelligent and least understood lifeforms in the ocean.
Protesting and intervening with whaling ships
Protesting and intervening with whaling ships
Whaling almost killed out the entire species so now whales are endangered so whaling is illegal and those who do it are poaching. I wouldn't suggest doing it.
Japan
No.
almost 40% of the world whaling develops in japan. is a shame
Until the late 20th Century it was but due to the 1986 Commercial Whaling ban, only a few countries are still Whaling, which makes what their activities illegal despite claiming that they are doing it for cultural or scientific purposes, which is in general aloud as a loophole in the commercial whaling ban.
Nantucket is the New England city that became the greatest whaling seaport in the world.
Well, Japan is doing alot of whaling, so i'd have to guess they would be eating them.
Maria Ujhazy has written: 'Herman Melville's world of whaling' -- subject(s): Whaling in literature
Only about 20 Whaling vessels are still used today (Not including small fisherman boats which is used like in Faroe Islands. Nearly half is Japanese Whaling ships.
No, NZ stopped whaling in the 1960's and are now one of the world leaders in conservation on the whales in the Pacific Ocean.