The Pros And Cons Of Whaling

The definition of whaling is the practice or industry of hunting and killing whales for their oil, meat, or whalebone. The act of hunting and killing whales is starting to affect the opinions of a portion of the citizens in the countries where whaling is practiced where others support whaling because of the huge role it plays in the history and culture of their country. Whaling was once considered a business for countries including Canada, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Indonesia, Japan, Norway, Philippines, Russia, South Korea, and the United States. The whale populations as a whole have severely decreased due to the hunting of these species that began around 3000 BC. Starting with Iceland, whaling has become an issue because the number of tourists visiting the country have

The International Whale Protection Organization (IWPO) was organized against the act of whaling and is a non-profit organization. This organization is for supporters like the citizens of Iceland who are concerned with the potential dangers this business brings to the whale population. Another organization that has similar goals as the IWPO is The Internal Whaling Commission (IWC) whose mission it to protect the whales of the sea, consisting of 88 members all around the world. This organization to this day is to make sure the whales are safe, not only from whaling, but from any environmental concern there may be. Although there are many organizations to help the whales, a factor to be considered is that whaling has done well for the economy for the countries that pursued this commercial industry. Whaling has produced many jobs for citizens in these countries, which is not only important to those individuals, it is also important to the economy. Whale’s and their meat are sold at very high profit margins, which results in a great economic