To: Steve Stone Date: Oct. 1‚ 2008 NOAA Fisheries Northwest Region 1201 NE Lloyd Blvd.‚ Suite 1100 Portland‚ OR 97232 From: Wren Lynberg Re: Makah Request for Waiver of MMPA Moratorium Dear Mr. Stone‚ After carefully reviewing the available background information on the Makah Indian Tribe’s request for a waiver of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) moratorium against hunting of gray whales‚ I believe that the waiver by the Makah peoples
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Whales have an important place in Māori tradition. Several tribes tell of the arrival of their ancestor‚ Paikea‚ on the back of a whale. Although there is debate as to whether Māori hunted whales‚ it is clear they regarded stranded whales as a valuable source of meat‚ and used whale teeth and bones for ornament. Ship-based whaling Māori men were eager recruits for whaling ships‚ as replacements for crew who had deserted; whaling was exciting and an opportunity to see the world. As early as
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THE WHALE RIDER The film’s plot follows the story of Paikea Apirana ("Pai")[In the book‚ her name is Kahu‚ short for Kahutia Te Rangi]‚ a 12-year-old girl who is the only living child in the line of the tribe’s chiefly succession following the death of her twin brother and mother when she was born. By tradition‚ the leader should be the first-born son a direct patrilineal descendant of Paikea‚ aka Kahutia Te Rangi in the book‚ the Whale Rider he who rode on top of a whale from Hawaiki. However‚ Pai
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Research Paper Outline- Japanese Whaling: Legitimate Research or Inhumane Brutality? Thesis Statement: In order to prevent the permanent extinction of all whales in our future‚ we need to increase our knowledge about current whaling practices‚ and continue to vigorously fight against it until whaling has diminished. I. INTRODUCTION: We must put an end to whaling now II. Background information A. In 1986‚ the International Whaling Commission (WIC) enacted a moratorium on all commercial
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In 1851 Herman Melville wrote “Moby Dick”. “Moby Dick” was a book about captain Ahab. Captain Ahab was a guy who gave everything to hunt a whale. Melville the author of the great american novel “Moby Dick” was heavily influenced by two writers Nathaniel Hawthorne writer of “The Minister’s Black Veil” and Edgar Allen Poe writer of “The Raven”. The story of the Essex is mostly about captain Pollard‚ Chase‚ Nickerson. And their crew hunting whales. But in the end most of the crew die trying to kill
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SeaWorld gives you the opportunity to feed and swim with dolphins‚ watch jaw-dropping whale and seal shows‚ pet stingrays‚ see all types of sharks‚ exotic fish‚ and so much more! But my views have recently changed after I saw the tragic death of a Sea World trainer on the news; the cause of death being one of the parks very own orca whales. This horrific news brought me to research why the whale turned on its trainer and the information I found made me change my outlook on animal captivity completely
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The Blue Whaling. As humans we cannot escape the great pull selfishness has on our lower consciousness. When we are born we are innocent and we believe in goodness and the world is a beautiful place but as we get older we start to realize that life is really hard. And we want it to be as easy as it was when we were kids so we become selfish and start to look out for ourselves and only ourselves. This varies with every person but there is always that lower consciousness nagging at us to try and find
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Whale hunting‚ or whaling‚ has been a famed Japanese tradition for numerous years. The industrial whaling the country is known for nowadays was set up just after the Second World War. The Japanese economy ad collapsed and food and resources were scarce. It was no other than General Douglas MacArthur who came up with the idea of commercializing the wale hunt. The method used by the Japanese until that time were out-dated‚ the fishermen still used nets and small harpoons. With two military tankers
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Whaling is the killing or hunting of whales mainly there for meat and oil. Its earliest forms date to at least 3000 BC. 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. As technology increased and the need for the resources stood high‚ catches increased highly by the sustainable limit
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8293300 1 Taiji Dolphin Slaughter While Japan claims hunting whales and dolphins is their culture‚ most people will believe what goes on there is very barbaric. What happens in this small town is very inhumane and our whale and dolphin populations are in extreme danger because of this hunt. The town of Taiji is located on the main island of Honsu‚ Japan. Taiji has a small population of only around 3‚200 people. It’s surrounded by beautiful mountains and faces the Pacific Ocean. The in
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