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[PaperTiger]

After a cursory scan of the interwebs, I've found precious little in terms of recent information about current whaling policy/practices in South Korea. While the Japanese have provided a wealth of information/opinion to support whaling...I'm having trouble finding recent information that is relevant to South Korea.

Apparently there is an anti-whaling group in Korea known as the "Whale Embassy" that is staging protests against the "accidental" whale catches that occur with great regularity in Ulsan and several (?) other southern coastal towns. Policy and practice seem to constantly be at war with each other here in Korea, and the whaling issue is no exception....does anyone have any recent sources for this topic? I'd really like to create awareness based on fact and media attention for my students.

[Bibbitybop]

I though this was going to be about he wailing Korean make when they don't like something. That sums up their counterpoint. Waaaaaaa!!

[Robot_Teacher]

Beautiful avatar OP, I've never seen you in all my reading this site. I understand the Japanese are big on whaling, but I suspect the Koreans get some too. About 100 years ago, the English almost drove them to extinction and now the Asians are on a gold rush to fish everything they can get their hands on as they're hungry for seafood. Whale oil powered London's street lamps many eons ago. The abandoned whaling stations still sit on Antarctica decaying as it was not cost effective to take the equipment home with the anticipation they'd be back for more when whale populations returned which they never have as it'll take a few hundred years of no fishing to renew this natural resource.

While whales are highly endangered, expect for many common fishes and other seafood to become highly prized rarities in the coming near future as ocean habitat is being destroyed by dredging for bottom feeder lifeforms like crabs that destroys their bottom of the sea habitats and populations then plummet. The oceans are now under siege big time now as it's a big gold rush to take all.

[alphakennyone]

this post makes me hungry. whale tastes pretty good. as does crab and a lot of other sea creatures.

i'd have to say my favorite is a nice grilled swordfish steak.