The Resumption of Whaling by Norway and America's Attitude Towards Whaling

US attitude towards whaling recovery and whaling in Norway The following documents describe the recovery of whaling in Norway focusing on US whaling. For many, whaling is a very subtle problem, including me. Many people believe that whales are very intelligent mammals, which are similar in many respects to humans.

Introduction Commercial whaling is a very controversial issue. Whether the whale problem is a matter of many factors. Commercial whaling is the focus of discussion between whaling nations such as Japan and Norway and anti-whaling countries such as Australia, the United States and the UK. Both sides have advocated a theoretical argument to support and oppose commercial whaling. Whaling nations in countries such as Japan, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and others insist that they rely on whaling for economic and cultural reasons. Whale meat is the main protein source in diet and sales, products made from whale meat and whale offer economic base of these communities. These societies concentrate on the cultural tradition of whaling. The International Whaling Commission (IWC) prohibits such small coastal whaling. Japan insists that small scale development of whales do not pose a threat to whale populations, but it is essential to the existence of that society.

Contemporary whaling activities are intensely debated. The countries that support commercial whaling, especially Iceland, Japan, Norway, hope to cancel some whale fishing bans. Anti-whaling nations and environmental protection groups oppose the abolition of ban. According to the International Whaling Commission moratorium, indigenous whaling is permitted to make a living. Over the past decades, whale watching has become an important industry in many parts of the world; in one country whale watching replaced whaling, but in other countries, between two business models I have uneasy tension.

Economic factors are good for regaining whaling. In Japan and Norway, remote coastal communities depend on whaling as one of the few activities to secure livelihoods. Both countries are investing in ships, research, processing centers, etc. If the temporary whale ban is prolonged indefinitely, this is useless. Whales are predators of fish species dependent on predators' fish: whales as predators can hurt many human-dependent fish, and many of the fish depend on them for their livelihood I will. We need to kill whales to reduce fish decline