tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10274459.post484756693751951779..comments2024-02-14T11:12:19.063+02:00Comments on Contrary to Authority: Reports on the Status of WhalesTristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05725834166480146817noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10274459.post-74808303082511586392006-11-13T12:03:00.000+02:002006-11-13T12:03:00.000+02:00david don't be disingenuous. if whales are under v...david don't be disingenuous. if whales are under vast threat from from 'entanglement in fishing gear' and so on, then hunting them becomes even LESS defensible. <br /><br />brush up on your hobby horse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10274459.post-72291392764288829532006-11-10T08:27:00.000+02:002006-11-10T08:27:00.000+02:00Hi Tristan,
I'm glad you identified that "Bycatch...Hi Tristan,<br /><br />I'm glad you identified that "Bycatch is possibly the single greatest threat facing cetaceans, with more whales, dolphins and porpoises killed every year from entanglement in fishing gear than from any other cause."<br /><br />This is quite right. <br /><br />In fact, scientists have been pointing out that political debates about the relatively insignificant threat of modern whaling <a href="http://david-in-tokyo.blogspot.com/2006/09/whaling-ian-campbell-gets-angry-again.html">are a distraction from these true threats</a>.<br /><br />Conservationists need to keep the public focussed on truely vulnerable whale species such as the the Northern Right whale and the Western Gray whale (the two most endangered species of great whale in the world at the current time), and the threats to their continued existence - which do not include sustainable whaling by Icelanders, Norwegians, Japanese, Americans, Russians, Greenlanders or Caribbean whalers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com