What effect will killing whales for commercial and scientific gain have on whale populations?
We believe that whales should not be killed unless out of absolute necessity – i.e, for the subsistence needs for people such as the Alaskan Inuit. There is still much uncertainty about whale numbers in IWC Scientific Committee, we do not believe that whale stocks have recovered from the overexploitation in past centuries, and are now facing other serious threats such as pollution, habitat degradation, and climate change.
