Most people aren't aware that they are. It was presumed that primarily the Russians & Japanese are.
Well, the Chinese count on whaling for their traditional medicines, the also use and endanger other unique fish like sharks (for their fins) and rays (manta rays and giant rays) for their tails and fins and then whatever they don't need they throw it out.
America is against whaling. They almost put whales out of the ocean for good when they did do whaling. They wanted their blubber for oil.
Whaling isn't good at all
Commercial Whaling has been banned since 1986 by the International Whaling commission. However, scientific whaling is allowed to strict quotas.
Whaling happens in oceans, not on continents.
Protesting and intervening with whaling ships
Whaling stopped in Australia is 1979
If you mean whales, they die painfully.
Well scientific whaling as basically when you do scientific research on whales. This is actually one of Japans excuse for whaling but of course their lying they use it for food and oil and all that (STOP WHALING!)
Whaling goes back more then 5,000 years.
Protesting and intervening with whaling ships
Whaling affects the population of whales, and in great numbers.