[this will be my only messages on the Makah whaling thread..] > 2. You'd have better luck persuading me if the folks preserving > their culture did so without the 50 caliber rifle. That rifle, as obnoxious as it sounds, is the appropriate weapon to insure that there are no lost woundeds. A harpooned whale is virtually guaranteed to die; what is not guaranteed is the recovery and appropriate use of the animal's carcass. > 3. With only 20k whales in the species, 20 taken over 5 years is very > significant. >From what I know of wildlife management, 20k individuals, and an extremely limited annual take is perfectly reasonable. Compared with all the other hunted mammals in North America, it seems very conservative. Now traditionally, one would auction off tags and then use the proceeds to enhance habitat, but I don't know how that model could work with whales... Sure would be a good way to suck money out of folks who say they want whales protected, but don't ever get their checkbooks out. Every year, auction 4 new tags, plus any that were not filled from previous years... Course, whale management is so tied up in emotionalistic nonsense that it is hard to have a reasoned discussion about sustainable yield in whale populations and how to issue tags and use the moneys collected in that manner. In order to avoid protracted list-abuse, I will allow the anti-whaling folks to have the last word... Richard Walker Houston, TX http://www.neosoft.com/~rww/kayak_log.html *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Oct 26 1998 - 13:20:34 PST
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