Fin Whale
Both Japan and Norway have recently claimed that whales eat so many fish that they are competing with commercial fisheries and must be culled for the benefit of fishermen. There is no scientific basis for these claims. In the past the oceans' ecosystems have supported large populations of both whales and fish. Global fisheries are in a critical state as a result of over-fishing, not over-predation.
A recent report from the Greenpeace Research Laboratories in Exeter examines documents produced by Japan's Institute of Cetacean Research and dispels the modern myth that whales are in competition with commercial fisheries. To download
