Japanese Whaling By: Valerie Morales

What is Whaling? It is when you hunt whale’s for the oil and meat The oil was used to fuel lamps b4 electricity They are also hunted for their baleen which is whale bone.

History - The Korean’s have been hunting whales since 5000 BC. Norwegian’s began whaling about 4,000 years ago. People from the North American coast and the Artic have a long tradition of whaling. Whaling was usually done from canoes or boats using harpoons

Who still whales? There are still countries today that continue whaling. Those countries include… Japan Norway Iceland

Restrictions & Regulations In 1932 through 1933 there were attempts made to stop and restrict whale hunting. The International Whaling Commission (IWC) formed in Washington, D.C., by 17 different nations. Helps to limit the number of whales that could be hunted. Other groups such as GreenPeace became very involved in the attempts to stop whaling.

The Controversy… What Japan says… What environmentalists say… Hunting them for scientific research Age, health Eating whale meat is tradition. Pride What environmentalists say… Japan is hunting them for meat Japan could find age, health info through other means.

Whale wars video http://animal.discovery.com/videos/whale-wars-a-life-destroyed.html http://animal.discovery.com/videos/whale-wars-salvaging-the-ady-gil.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP7PZMMpgcw

Weapons & ships The harpoon was invented by a norwegian named Sven Foyn. It was used because it contains an explosive head which would kill a whale instantly Whale hunter’s also used factory ships because it was safe and made it easier to catch larger whales. Factory ship - a whaling ship equipped to process whale products at sea.

Types of whales hunted Minke whales, Northern Hemisphere minke whales Fin whales Bryde's whale Sei whales Sperm whales

Sources www.encyclopedia.com/topic/whaling.aspx www.swedishwire.com/nordic/sosl-whale-hunting-facts-and-figures- http://animal.discovery.com/tv/whale-wars/whaling/why-japanese-hunt-whales.html

Questions? 1) Which country still whale today? A) korea B) china C) phillipines D) japan 2) The _______ is used to kill whales. 3) What are whales used for? 4) Japan says they hunt whales mainly for… A) fun B) scientific research C) Test out weapons

Questions Continued 5) The International Whaling Commision (IWC) was formed in _________ ______ 6) What is a Factory Ship? 7) Whaling is usually done from _______’s or ______’s 8) The harpoon was invented by… A) Richard S B) Bill Gates C) Sven Foyn

Questions Continued 9) Whaling is when you… A) Ride whales B) Train whales C) Play with whales D) Hunt whales 10) Other groups such as Green ______ became very involved in the attempts to stop whaling.