4179 x 2620 px | 35,4 x 22,2 cm | 13,9 x 8,7 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
13 février 2012
Informations supplémentaires:
Whaling is the hunting of whales primarily for meat and oil. Its earliest forms date to at least 3000 BC Various coastal communities have long histories of sustenance whaling and harvesting beached whales. Industrial whaling emerged with organized fleets in the 17th century; competitive national whaling industries in the 18th and 19th centuries; and the introduction of factory ships along with the concept of whale harvesting in the first half of the 20th century. Key elements of the debate over whaling include sustainability, ownership, national sovereignty, cetacean intelligence, suffering during hunting, health risks, the value of 'lethal sampling' to establish catch quotas, the value of controlling whales' impact on fish stocks and the rapidly approaching extinction of a few whale species.
