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ABC News: Save the Whales, Kill a Culture?
- Dean Schabner. The Makah tribe says groups that want to stop their whale hunt are using racist arguments, but the opponents say they just want to save the whales. |
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High North Alliance
- Defending the right of coastal communities to hunt marine mammals sustainably. Articles, statistics, news, photos and alternative views. Norway. |
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International Network for Whaling Research
- Keeps members informed about others'' research activities, provides notice of upcoming conferences and workshops, sponsors at least one international meeting each year, promotes publication of research on whaling societies, and provides a means by which those active in this research field can solicit and facilitate research cooperation with others having similar interests. |
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International Whaling Commission
- The intergovernmental body responsible for the conservation of whales and the management of whaling. |
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Japan Whaling Association
- Learn about the importance of whaling to the Japanese culture, the history of whaling in Japan, facts about whales and whaling, and details about the organisation. |
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Makah Nation: Makah Whaling
- Q&A about their subsistence whaling as preserved in the only Indian treaty with the United States that specifically mentions whaling and sealing. Includes a description of the activities and plans of the tribe, a description of antiwhaling actions taken against the tribe and a link to the Makah Whaling Management Plan of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. |
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Observer: 'You eat cows and pigs, so why can't we eat whales?'
- Anthony Browne in Osaka. "Next week Japan takes on the world to lift the ban on whaling; meet the harpoon hunters who demand the right to kill for profit and accuse the West of double standards." Includes statistics and timeline. UK. |
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Spiked: The whalers' tale
- Rune Frøvik and Simon Ward. "While fishing continues to enjoy almost universal acceptance as a means of food production, Western urban society has decided unilaterally to shut down whaling with complete disregard for any culture which still practises it." UK. |
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The North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission (NAMMCO)
- An intergovernmental body for cooperation on the conservation, management and study of marine mammals in the North Atlantic. Meetings, documents, contact details, and news. |
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The Whaling Controversy Between Japan and the U.S.
- A college-level anthropology paper which details the general dispute between whaling and nonwhaling countries, especially between Japan and the United States. |
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Victoria Times Colonist: Message to Whale-hunt Foes: Indians Can't Live on Nobility
- Groups who historically have hunted whales want to do so again now that the whale populations have risen. Canada. |
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Whales and Whaling in the Faroe Islands
- A general introduction. |
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Why do I Support the Whaling?
- Article discussing some of the commonly given reasons for not hunting and killing whales. |
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World Council of Whalers
- Site has the group''s mission, FAQs, news, a list of media events, a reference library, a map of world whaling, contact information, and links to other whaling sites. |
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