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> Some scientists believe there may be too many whales for the population to sustain itself. That's the one no one wants to hear. Commercial whaling is practic
by Igelau 5y ago
> Some scientists believe there may be too many whales for the population to sustain itself.
That's the one no one wants to hear. Commercial whaling is practically extinct. Sustainable hunting (like Norway and the Minke) might actually be the solution.
- fractallyte 5y agoIf the oceans can't sustain such a small population of whales, then the ocean ecology is itself a problem. Bear in mind that before voracious industrial-scale harvesting, oceans were teeming with life. This book says it all: https://www.jbmackinnon.com/the-once-and-future-world https://www.jbmackinnon.com/the-once-and-future-world
- pvaldes 5y ago> too many whales The more people will overfish, the more gray whales we should have around. And this whales can migrate.