L6 - Human whale interactions

Question 1

what three countries left the international whaling commity

Answer 1

Canada, Columbia, Egypt

Question 2

when was the whale moratorium

Answer 2

1986, all whaling stopped

Question 3

which country violated the whaling moritorium

Answer 3

Japan, Norway, soviet union, north korea

Question 4

what is scientific whaling

Answer 4

whaling for the purpose of extracting scientific information. Used as a loophole for continued whaling.
norway sold to japan under the table.

Question 5

who controls whales in Canada

Answer 5

DFO

Question 6

who is Paul Watson

Answer 6

the founder of Sea Sheppard

Question 7

what is Sea Sheppard

Answer 7

A conservation group that focused on anti-poaching by attacking foreign whaling groups in international waters.

Question 8

why are whales not a good indicator species?

Answer 8

We don’t have enough information about whales

Question 9

what is the Blob

Answer 9

a parcel of warm water that led to a decline in phytoplankton production that had affects on whale productivity.

Question 10

who are the Basque whalers

Answer 10

france and spanish whaling in the labradour coast. known as the best whalers

Question 11

what is a cooper

Answer 11

some on who makes barrels full time.

Question 12

which whales did Basque whales focussed on?

Answer 12

right and bowhead whales.

Question 13

what is the Sven Foyn method

Answer 13

exploding harpoons on steam powered boats for whaling. steam boats where more powerful. now possible to whale bigger whales.

Question 14

why was there lots of whales in Antarctic waters

Answer 14

cold water upwelling lead to higher productivity.

Question 15

how did whalers store whales

Answer 15

sowed whales mouths shut and filled it with air to float and attached them to bouys for long storage.

Question 16

What did the Weller brothers do

Answer 16

hydrogenated whale oil
liquid –> solid
hosted whaling stations in new Zealand and Australia

Question 17

how many whales where killed in industrial whaling

Answer 17

2.9million

Question 18

why did whaling stop in WW2

Answer 18

• boats drafted to war
• oceans where dangerous
• resumed in 1945

Question 19

what are the three components of the IWC

Answer 19

1. Scientific committee
   - created Quotas
2. Technical Committee
3. Plenary
   
   • authorized more 10x more killings than scientific committee recommended
   • if you disagreed with quota you could ignore it with no cause

Question 20

what is a problem with historical scientific whale quotas

Answer 20

Based on fish reproductive systems.
- Density depended models
- whales are not density dependent creatures.
- -k selective

Question 21

when did we know the science was wrong for whale quotas

Answer 21

1953
-scientists realized they where wrong and where taken off committee

Question 22

what happened to the grey whale population in Baja lagoons

Answer 22

decimated global grey whale population.
- Warm shallow waters where whales went to calf
- very high whale density whale population
- killed calfs first so mother would stay around longer

Question 23

What was the antarctic land grab for?

Answer 23

• To have an area for countries to processes whales on land before shipping.
• British set specific regulation’s about this
• Norwegians created factory ships as a result.

Question 24

what did the the league of nations do for whaling

Answer 24

First to regulate whaling activites
created IWC in 1950

Question 25

what happened to whaling quotas in 1960’s

Answer 25

finally set quotas, but whalers where not able to catch half of that due to Extremely low populations.

Question 26

what did the committee of three Do?

Answer 26

a committee of three scientists that focused on creating a new method of estimating whale populations for quotas. They where advisors on the IWC

Question 27

what happened in 1972?

Answer 27

Mexico proposed the Whaling moratorium
- started the “Save the whale movement”

Question 28

how long did it take for the whale moritorium to pass and get implimented?

Answer 28

10 years to get passed (1982), 4 years to get implemented (1986)

Question 29

what happend in Cole harbour

Answer 29

1967 last whaling in Canada

Question 30

Why did Canada leave the IWC

Answer 30

they didn’t agree with the Whaling moratorium due to “lack of scientific Evidence”
-didnt want keep data counts

Question 31

what is the IWC stance on Aboriginal whaling

Answer 31

It is recognized as important to meet nutritional and cultural needs. So it is permitted to continue whaling in small numbers.