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Whales are still hunted because some countries eat their meat and use their bones in medicines or in other products. Some countries have banned whaling in their waters.
Whaling shouldn't be happening.
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Mostly people just kill whales to make money off of they're body parts, (Blubber, bones, meat, ETC)
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoWhaling exists today for the same reason that all other farming, harvesting, fishing, hunting and manufacturing exist - there is a market or demand for the products reaped.
People want cosmetics, and fine lubricating oils, and ambergris, and glazes, and food to eat and paints and soaps and fuel and lamp oils and a thousand other things that can be derived from the whale and other ocean animals. Just as we want Hamburgers and Jello, and glue and soap and a thousand other things derived from the harvesting of cattle.
People who have lived their entire lives in remote, almost inaccessible fishing villages in Newfoundland or Iceland or Norway, must eat every day, just like you and I, and in many cases this is the only way of livelihood known. People in this profession are not likely to suddenly move to Toronto or New York or Stockholm and become bankers, investment councillors or other types of thieves, but will likely live out their lives as fishermen and fisherwomen. As people become less vain, less arrogant and more intelligent, the demand for diminishing products will reduce, as will the desire of the offspring of people in these professions to continue.
The efforts of disgusting outfits like the self-serving "greenpeace" thugs is, for the most part, criminal and should be treated as such. Unless they are prepared to offer these fisher-people another means of providing for their families, by which I mean a meal today and everyday, and an opportunity for education for their children, they should be prosecuted and jailed, upon conviction, for their miserable and selfish actions.
This, of course, is fantasyland, and the whaling industry is real - as real as whatever you do to feed yourselfand your family each day, whether it is to sell worthless products like big-screen televisions, death-traps called automobiles or investment securities based on lies.
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How many whaling ships are there in the world?
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.
Do monsoons still occur today?
Yes
Do people still go whaling?
Yes, the Japanese still do some whaling . . . it is one of their basic foods.
When was the whaling ban?
Whaling itself isn't banned. However, commercial whaling was banned in 1986. Whaling is still aloud today if it is for 'scientific research'. Eventhough most countries uses it as a loop hole to kill whales for commercial purposes.
What agency banned Whaling internationally?
The International Whaling Commission is the agency responsible for introducing the ban on commercial whaling. In 1982 the commission agreed the 'The 1986 Moritoriam' which effectively banned commercial whaling from 1986, although Scientific and Aboriginal subsistence whaling is still allowed under strict quotas.
What cities do whaling?
none. the united nations decided that whaling was getting out of hand, and they stopped it. though china is still whaling. watch the show "whale wars" it is all about how people are trying to stop it.
Is whaling common?
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.
How come people did not end whaling?
This is quite a complicated and mixed answer. Whaling is still happening but not to the extent as it used to be going back a generation ago. Commercial whaling was banned in 1986 when the IWC (International Whaling Commission) said that Commercial Whaling is banned due to the reduction of population of numerous whale species. However, mainly Japan, Norway, Iceland and the Faroe Islands still kill whales. How they are aloud is that they say that what they are doing is for either cultural or scientific purposes. This is a loophole in the IWC Commercial Whaling ban as it means scientific research is allowed. There are people who want to end but the most famous group of people who are anti-whaling group is called Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Since 2002, they have gone to Antarctica to confront the Japanese whalers to reinforce the UN law that instates that what Japan is doing is illegal. However, the Japanese whalers have ignored this, and it wasn't until March 31st, 2014 where the IWC indicated what Sea Shepherd is doing by saying what Japan has done is illegal commercial whaling as it doesn't meet the scientific research standards. There are people who wants Whaling to end, but it the UN's responsibility to reinforce the Commercial Whaling law, but as they aren't it is still allowed to occur despite it being illegal.
Why do people still go whaling when it is banned?
Not every country recognizes the ban.
Does genocide occur anywhere in the world today and why?
yes the genocide is still going on today in Rwanda, they never stoped it. people are still in a cultural war over the same thing to have power.
What countries have a ban of whaling?
The major countries which still permit legalized commercial whaling are Japan, Norway and Iceland. They each give their own reasons, including "benefit of science", etc.
Why did the early Europeans do whaling?
because they made oil of it. At that time they hadnt discovered the oil that we use today. So they made oil from whales... And because it is was (and still is) a great foodsource. It verry healthy and it has a lot of Omega-3 in it.
