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DocumentsPage 5 Documents I have found usefull and interisting related to Whales Why Whale Research? Whales are at the top of the food web 04-B-jen.pdf 1.5 MB Courtesy of: http://www.icrwhale.org/ AMERICAN CETACEAN SOCIETY FACT SHEET. The blue whale is one of the rorquals, a family that also includes the humpback whale, fin whale, Bryde's whale, sei whale, and minke whale. On land an animal the size of a blue whale would be crushed by its own weight without the support of large heavy bones. blue-whale.pdf 51 KB Courtesy of:http://acsonline.org/ Saving endangered whales at no cost. The North Atlantic right whale is one of the most critically endangered marine species. Drastic overexploitation has driven this large, slow-swimming baleen whale to virtual extinction in Europe, while a small remnant population of ~350 individuals remains on the US and Canadian east coast. Although this species has been protected for 70 years, recovery has been slight and extinction is still looming because of accidental mortality from shipstrikes and fi shing gear. Myers-etal_07_CurrentBiology.pdf 200 KB Courtesy of:http://www.pewtrusts.org Endangered by Greed Today, commercial whale watching is a well-established, rapidly expanding industry in many parts of the world. It is worth over US$1 billion and attracts millions of tourists each year in over 90 countries and territories. Many developing countries could boost their income from this sustainable type of eco-tourism. SWNW_WhalingBro.pdf 421 KB Courtesy of:http://www.hsus.org/ International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, 1946. As amended by the Commission at the 60th Annual Meeting, Santiago, Chile, 23-27 June 2008 EXPLANATORY NOTES The Schedule printed on the following pages contains the amendments made by the Commission at its 60th Annual Meeting in June 2008. schedule.pdf 248 KB Courtesy of:http://www.iwcoffice.org/
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