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I think it's incredibly stupid to hunt whales if their population has not recovered. I don't see how you can justify hunting an endagered species. Once their population level is higher, you'll get a greater yield and not wipe them off the face of the Earth.
I'm not convinced that the whale population is at a state were you could start hunting them commercially (and the commercial benifits will be greater if you wait). Maybe some species are at a population were it would be feasible, but I heard on the news they wanted to hunt endagered fin whales as well.
The scientific merit of hunting whales is very questionable. The only information that yo u exclusivley obtain from killing a whale is it's age, everything else can be obtained from observation or by collecting feces.
As for the cultural aspect, that is also questionable when they start serving whale burgers to try and re-ignite demand for whale products. There's also a push from this industry to increase the catch to drive down the price of the whale meat to attract more customers.
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