Summary- In an article called "Iceland Sets Target of 191 Kills as Country Resumes Whaling," by Daniel Boffey, it exemplifies how fishermen in Iceland will resume their hunt for the endangered fin whale this year after a two-year pause.
- The country's only fin whaling company, Hvlaur, exemplified that there has been "an apparent loosening of Japanese regulations on Icelandic exports" - Researchers from the University of Iceland want to develop products made of whale blubber and bones. - Iceland resumed whaling in 2006. - The company's attempts to ship 1,700 tonnes of whale meat to Japan via Angola. |
Iceland Sets Target of 191 Kills as Country Resumes WhalingFacts- Iceland and Norway are the only countries in the entire world to authorise whaling in defiance of the 1986 International Whaling Comission's moratorium.
- Iceland is one of the largest fishing nations in the north Atlantic. - During 2015, Hvlaur killed a record 155 fin whales. - Fin whales are the planet's second largest mammal after the blue whale. - About 40,000 fin whales in the north Atlantic ocean. - 35.4% of Icelanders supported the fin whale hunt in 2017. |
Key Terms- Whaling: the practice or industry of hunting and killing whales for their oil, meat, or whalebone.
- Fin whales: also known as finback whale or common rorqual and formerly known as herring whale or razorback whale, is a marine mammal belonging to the parvorder of baleen whales. - Endangered: (of a species) seriously at risk of extinction. - Blubber: the fat of sea mammals, especially whales and seals. |
Opinion
In my opinion, whaling will continue to occur causing various consequences due to the loss of marine biodiversity. Whales, especially the fin whale, are endangered. They are at risk of extinction and for that reason, us, humans, should protect them and take care of them instead of killing them and using them for diets. Many individuals do not care about whales because they believe that they are not smart, but no scientific evidence supports this claim. For whales to survive and not be endangered anymore, individuals, especially fishers, should stop killing whales and find another way so that they can earn money.
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