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A 7 page paper discussing the environmental impact of whaling. Bibliography lists 16 sources.
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the United States Congress, whale populations still remain in danger at the present time due to a variety of factors (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, 1996). Whales are
in danger from several environmental factors in addition to whaling, the process of hunting and killing whales by fishermen for meat, oil, and other commodities. The depletion of the
ozone layer has resulted in increased ultraviolet radiation, causing reports of incidence of skin cancer in species that live in the waters off Antarctica (Robbins, 1997). With global warming
and the slow melting of the glaciers that surround Antarctica, habitats for the whales could change significantly, causing the loss of food for the blue whale which feeds on smaller
fish and fish eggs that are found at the edges of the ice (Robbins, 1997). The population of beluga whales which live in the St. Lawrence River is
so contaminated by DDT and PCBs that when a carcass is washed up on shore, it must be disposed of as toxic waste (Robbins, 1997). The population at the
present time is approximately ten percent of what it was once (Robbins, 1997). In 1987, approximately fifteen humpback whales were poisoned near Cape Code from eating fish contaminated with
saxitoxin, a toxic byproduct of algae growth associated with red tide (Motavalli, p. 4). Ship engines, oil drills, and other human devices create noise in the oceans which
prevent the whales from finding mates (Robbins, 1997). Whales "sing" or use sound to communicate with each other and with their young, to find food, and to stay in
contact with each other, and the inability to communicate due to the additional noise may lead to more casualties (Robbins, 1997). Several whales have washed ashore and become
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