My OperaWHALE WARS
Wednesday, January 6, 2010 8:55:42 PM
Megalomania
meg•a•lo•ma•ni•a (měg'ə-lō-mā'nē-ə, -mān'yə) n.
1.A psychopathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence.
2.An obsession with grandiose or extravagant things or actions.
"I find anyones support of this organization some what illogical. Read the Science and a bit of common sense regarding this controversy.
If the Wolf population increases and your Deer Elk populations decrease dramatically what to do?"
BALEEN WHALES
Sub Species location point estimate 95% confidence limits
MINKE WHALES Southern Hemisphere 761,000 510,000 - 1,140,000
*BLUE WHALES Southern Hemisphere 2,300 1,150 - 4,500
*HUMPBACK Southern Hemisphere 42,000 34,000 - 52,000
*RIGHT WHALES Southern Hemisphere about 7,500 not available
*Endangered (ESA, IUCN)
FOOD PREFERENCES AND RESOURCES
In general, baleen whales feed low on the food chain, primarily eating zooplankton and small fishes, which they encounter in large swarms or schools.
Right whales eat zooplankton (animal plankton). Their finely fringed baleen is able to strain from the water copepods (a type of small crustacean) and other small zooplankton. Krill (a family of small, shrimplike crustaceans) and copepods are major components of a right whale's diet.
Rorquals generally eat larger prey than do right whales. Depending on species, they eat a variety small crustaceans, squids, and small schooling fishes.
Blue whales eat mostly krill.
Fin whales eat krill, copepods, squids, and variety of small schooling fishes.
Humpback whales, Bryde's whales, and minke whales prey mostly on krill and small schooling fishes. Minke whales in the northern hemisphere prey mostly on small schooling fishes; those in the southern hemisphere prey mostly on krill.
Sei whales eat copepods, krill and amphipods (another type of small crustacean). In the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans they also eat squids and small schooling fishes.
Gray whales eat mainly invertebrates that live in bottom sediments, mostly amphipods and probably marine worms.
It's likely that some whales' diets depend on food availability.
FACT 1.The whalers currently hunting in the southern hemisphere are targeting Minke whale stock that are not an endangered specie.
FACT 2. The Minke whales have larger impact on the Shared Krill food stock of the endangered whale species
FACT 3. A smaller food supply slows the recovery of the Endangered Species of Baleen whales.
FACT 4. As with any species to balance out growth and recovery rates of the stocks. The largest population species must be controlled by trimming the stocks.(HUNTING)
FACT 5. Paul Watson the founder of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society was expelled from the board of Greenpeace in 1977, and subsequently left the organization.
Greenpeace has criticized Sea Shepherd for the group's tactics, particularly regarding its interaction with whaling ships while at sea. The rival environmental group maintains Sea Shepherd is a violent organization whose tactics may endanger the lives of fishermen and whalers.[51][52] Greenpeace has called Watson a violent extremist and will no longer comment on his activities.[30] Greenpeace is also critical of the group on its website and state: "By making it easy to paint anti-whaling forces as dangerous, piratical terrorists, Sea Shepherd could undermine the forces within Japan which could actually bring whaling to an end"
FACT 6, The ships of the fleet have flown under the flags of different nations.
In August 2006, the Farley Mowat had its registration revoked by Canada. Late that year, Japan requested that the United Kingdom strip the Robert Hunter of its flag and for Belize to strip the Farley Mowat of hers. The 'Robert Hunter was removed from the shipping registers of the United Kingdom since its activities were "inconsistent with her status as a pleasure vessel." The International Merchant Marine Registry of Belize withdrew the use of the nation's flag after discovering the Farley Mowat was not being used as a pleasure craft and stated that "it could not condone acts that threatened life and property at sea." The Mohawk Traditional Council of Kahnawake offered support and flags of the Iroquois Confederacy to fly on the Farley Mowat and the Robert Hunter. The Steve Irwin now sails under the Dutch flag. legislation has been introduced to ban the group from using it.
Makes for great T.V. but clouds the truth.
SOURCES:
iwc.org
seaworld.org
wildlifemanagementinstitute.org
en.wikipedia.org
greenpeace.org/international
meg•a•lo•ma•ni•a (měg'ə-lō-mā'nē-ə, -mān'yə) n.
1.A psychopathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence.
2.An obsession with grandiose or extravagant things or actions.
"I find anyones support of this organization some what illogical. Read the Science and a bit of common sense regarding this controversy.
If the Wolf population increases and your Deer Elk populations decrease dramatically what to do?"
BALEEN WHALES
Sub Species location point estimate 95% confidence limits
MINKE WHALES Southern Hemisphere 761,000 510,000 - 1,140,000
*BLUE WHALES Southern Hemisphere 2,300 1,150 - 4,500
*HUMPBACK Southern Hemisphere 42,000 34,000 - 52,000
*RIGHT WHALES Southern Hemisphere about 7,500 not available
*Endangered (ESA, IUCN)
FOOD PREFERENCES AND RESOURCES
In general, baleen whales feed low on the food chain, primarily eating zooplankton and small fishes, which they encounter in large swarms or schools.
Right whales eat zooplankton (animal plankton). Their finely fringed baleen is able to strain from the water copepods (a type of small crustacean) and other small zooplankton. Krill (a family of small, shrimplike crustaceans) and copepods are major components of a right whale's diet.
Rorquals generally eat larger prey than do right whales. Depending on species, they eat a variety small crustaceans, squids, and small schooling fishes.
Blue whales eat mostly krill.
Fin whales eat krill, copepods, squids, and variety of small schooling fishes.
Humpback whales, Bryde's whales, and minke whales prey mostly on krill and small schooling fishes. Minke whales in the northern hemisphere prey mostly on small schooling fishes; those in the southern hemisphere prey mostly on krill.
Sei whales eat copepods, krill and amphipods (another type of small crustacean). In the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans they also eat squids and small schooling fishes.
Gray whales eat mainly invertebrates that live in bottom sediments, mostly amphipods and probably marine worms.
It's likely that some whales' diets depend on food availability.
FACT 1.The whalers currently hunting in the southern hemisphere are targeting Minke whale stock that are not an endangered specie.
FACT 2. The Minke whales have larger impact on the Shared Krill food stock of the endangered whale species
FACT 3. A smaller food supply slows the recovery of the Endangered Species of Baleen whales.
FACT 4. As with any species to balance out growth and recovery rates of the stocks. The largest population species must be controlled by trimming the stocks.(HUNTING)
FACT 5. Paul Watson the founder of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society was expelled from the board of Greenpeace in 1977, and subsequently left the organization.
Greenpeace has criticized Sea Shepherd for the group's tactics, particularly regarding its interaction with whaling ships while at sea. The rival environmental group maintains Sea Shepherd is a violent organization whose tactics may endanger the lives of fishermen and whalers.[51][52] Greenpeace has called Watson a violent extremist and will no longer comment on his activities.[30] Greenpeace is also critical of the group on its website and state: "By making it easy to paint anti-whaling forces as dangerous, piratical terrorists, Sea Shepherd could undermine the forces within Japan which could actually bring whaling to an end"
FACT 6, The ships of the fleet have flown under the flags of different nations.
In August 2006, the Farley Mowat had its registration revoked by Canada. Late that year, Japan requested that the United Kingdom strip the Robert Hunter of its flag and for Belize to strip the Farley Mowat of hers. The 'Robert Hunter was removed from the shipping registers of the United Kingdom since its activities were "inconsistent with her status as a pleasure vessel." The International Merchant Marine Registry of Belize withdrew the use of the nation's flag after discovering the Farley Mowat was not being used as a pleasure craft and stated that "it could not condone acts that threatened life and property at sea." The Mohawk Traditional Council of Kahnawake offered support and flags of the Iroquois Confederacy to fly on the Farley Mowat and the Robert Hunter. The Steve Irwin now sails under the Dutch flag. legislation has been introduced to ban the group from using it.
Makes for great T.V. but clouds the truth.
SOURCES:
iwc.org
seaworld.org
wildlifemanagementinstitute.org
en.wikipedia.org
greenpeace.org/international
