Author Question: Why did the International Whaling Commission (IWC) invoke a ban on commercial whaling? What three ... (Read 83 times)

jasdeep_brar · **on:** Aug 22, 2018

Why did the International Whaling Commission (IWC) invoke a ban on commercial whaling? What three ways exist to legally hunt whales and which countries are involved?

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Question 2

Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: Recent climate change observed on Earth must be a natural event BECAUSE Earth's climate has fluctuated in the past.

A) The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid.
B) The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid.
C) The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
D) The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.
E) Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.

Sassygurl126 · **Reply #1 on:** Aug 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

In response to overhunting and population collapses, the International Whaling Commission (IWC) was established in 1946 to manage the commercial and subsistence hunting of large whales. In 1986, the 72 member nations of the IWC passed a ban on commercial whaling in order to allow for whale species such as the right, blue, bowhead, and humpback whales to recover from overhunting. Legal hunting of whales is still permissible in three ways. First, some nations such as Norway continue to hunt whales under an objection to the IWC ban. Second, some countries such as Japan permit the killing of whales for scientific purposes. Finally, some countries such as Greenland and Russia permit subsistence whaling by native cultures in order to satisfy the nutritional needs of the community.

Answer to Question 2

D