General function: The WEOS system consists of a small satellite in a polar orbit, probes attached to whales and a ground station for satellite data reception
There is increasing concern among scientists and conservationists that noise pollution poses a significant and, at worst, lethal threat to whales and dolphins and other marine wildlife
There is increasing concern among scientists and conservationists that noise pollution poses a significant and, at worst, lethal threat to whales and dolphins and other marine wildlife, including fish
They say that the program is "nothing more than a plan designed to keep the whaling fleet in business, and the need to use whales as the scapegoat for overfishing by humans."
Though the International Whaling Commission prohibited commercial whaling in 1985, many countries continue to kill whales for their so-called " exotic meat ".
Proposals to establish whale sanctuaries in the South Pacific and the South Atlantic failed to gain the three-fourths majority necessary for their adoption.
With respect to whales, which are addressed under the International Convention on the Regulation of Whaling, recent discussions have taken place on the future direction of the International Whaling Commission, which has a dual mandate of both conserving whale stocks and managing whaling.