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Joques · 04-13-2014, 07:22 AM

Ahem. The point of research whaling is not to perform science on the whale cadavers, but to gather data on populations and how they respond to whaling. And seems like a waste, not to mention disrespectful to let the meat go to waste after the catch.

Now I will grant you that japanese fishery authorities are probably a little too lenient in granting whale quotas and much of it _is_ probably driven by commercial interests and not scientific. But to say there's "nothing scientific" about it is just hyperbolic.

04-13-2014, 07:22 AM	#42
Joques Addict Posts: 294 Karma: 107414 Join Date: May 2013 Device: Kobo Glo	Ahem. The point of research whaling is not to perform science on the whale cadavers, but to gather data on populations and how they respond to whaling. And seems like a waste, not to mention disrespectful to let the meat go to waste after the catch. Now I will grant you that japanese fishery authorities are probably a little too lenient in granting whale quotas and much of it _is_ probably driven by commercial interests and not scientific. But to say there's "nothing scientific" about it is just hyperbolic.