Whaling: The hunting of Fin Whales in Antarctic Ocean

Whaling

The biggest animal known to mankind is a whale has been in hunted since the 800 B.C. Today in the world that we live in there are many problems one of them is hunting whales. One of Whaling is the hunting of all different types of whales for oils and meats. Around 1,000 whales are killed each year and there are many reasons why whalers should not be able to kill these innocent animals. (Berzin)

Japanese are the most common people to kill so many of the whales around 1,500 are killed. Japan eating the meat of a whale is a tradition in their culture.

The main reasons whalers say they hunt is for research. The common goods made from whale are foods and oils. The meat from the whales has been found to be harmful to humans. Whaling didn’t stop then it was an ongoing thing in the 9th century it starts in Norway France and Spain. There was new things that were made like the hand harpooning that started in japan. This started up many organized groups in Taiji, japan. Whaling in 1675 starts to use nets the places that starts to use them are Taiji, shikoka and Kyushu this made whaling a rapid expansion. In the United States sperm whaling starts in 1712. Then there was some modern whaling developed in Norway then the hand harpoon guns where completed. This research paper is about whaling and what tools they use to catch whales, where did whaling start and how much money that you can make off of a whale what kind of ship do they need.

There are many of tools that whalers use to catch whales. One of the many tools that was used for hunting was the harpoon. There are two kinds harpoons the ones that can be fired from a gun or thrown by hand. There was never any reason of trying to kill the whale with these weapons. They were alwa...

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