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Public opinion and practicality have always driven the politics of whaling, and the debate has taken many strange twists over the years. Time and again conservationists have called for more studies before the ban is lifted -- a tactic used widely by industries to delay environmental regulations. In this case, there are sound reasons for caution. Humans have failed miserably in efforts to manage the harvesting of wild animals, and the IWC approved the moratorium because past attempts to control whale hunting had been disastrous. Whalers ignored catch limits and other restrictions designed to protect populations...
...THEORY OF EVOLUTION SUGGESTS THAT THE deepest drive of all living things is the urge to perpetuate their genes. How that's done varies widely from species to species. Take pilot whales, for example. While most guys living with relatives will leave home to find a mate, thus avoiding the genetic pitfalls of inbreeding, male pilot whales have found a reproductive strategy that better suits their oceangoing life-style. An analysis of the DNA of whale families, called pods, published in the journal Science, suggests that these young males wait until their pod collides with another, then mate with females...
Environmental concerns such as this one, cited by Paul H. Forestell, director of research and education at Hawaii's Pacific Whale Foundation, were the subjects at hand at Harvard this past weekend as Forestell and nearly 100 other environmental scientists met of the 12th annual interdisciplinary Earthwatch conference...
NOTES: Vermont's All-America netminder, Christian Soucy, won ECAC Player of the Week for making a combined 81 saves (wow!) in a tie against Princeton and win over Yale. Soucy stopped 19 shots in the third period against Yale to insure the 5-2 victory at the Whale...St. Lawrence freshman Burke Murphy was named ECAC Rookie of the Week after his six-point weekend, four points in a 7-0 win against Union and two in a 6-2 loss to RPI...Both Harvard Captain and Hobey Baker candidate Ted Drury and senior Steve Flomenhoft earned spots...
...fair, Norway has an admirable environmental record in other respects. The U.S., for instance, might follow its example and implement a carbon tax, which encourages efficiency and the use of cleaner fuels. But the whaling issue has real significance. By undermining the International Whaling Commission, Norway's unilateral action will open the door to cheating by other nations, imperiling anew some whale species. Many Norwegians recognize this, but it is the politically potent fishermen who are driving policy...