Posted by:
john_winston_howard [
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Date: January 16, 2006 01:30PM
I am not starting this to create tension but to get some different world views.
Where do you stand on whaling? I am totally against it.
We have had pictures of whales bleeding to death, greenpeace protesters having harpoons fired at their boats and hearing it is all for research.
I am not for the whole ;they are just big fish; argument as I also feel we are fishing the life out of the ocean.
I have spent my whole life between the ocean and Australia's largest salt water lake and seen what fishing has done.
I remember a buzz going around town when i was 9 that a record shark was on the way in, we all rushed down to the weigh station, there must have been 2000 people there and hung up was this shark. It, to me, was beautiful. It had died so someone coule get their picture with it, the saddest part was seeing them cut the fins of it and the jaws out and throw it in the water, This to me was no less then killing a 20yo person for their teeth.
I have spent my life at the beach and on one occasion came within metres of a shark but they don't deserve to be culled, same as the whales.
I have aquariums at home and see how quick fish breed. Why can't we have a global ban on fishing for say 2 years, that time will pass before we know it and the fish stocks will be back up to that of 10 years ago.
What are your thoughts on it all?