Whale hits a yacht in South Africa

Something you won't see every day!!

Adi Gill collision

Sea Shepard's Adi Gill is ripped apart!!

A local kinda food?

Apologies,

I added the Blogger application to my phone and deleted some posts and comments accidently!

Sharon 

I was about to reply to your posting, does Whale meathave any special healing capabilities?

Well the people in these Artic regions are actuallydependant on Whale meat as part of their survival as in Artic regions plantgrown is minimal if not non-existent so  thepeople, the ‘Inuit People’ believe that the diet of mainly whale and seal isvery beneficial for the human body, finding a great source of Vitamin A,C and Dfrom whale meat and also omega 3’s and the high fat content of, mainly raw orcured food results in these people generally having warmer core temperaturesand more energy but apart from that I cannot seem to find and hard evidence ormedical fact that would make eating whale meat beneficial to us. 

Possibly thesepeople are warmer in these sub-zero conditions as they have a high body fatcontent from such a narrow diet?

So in answer to your question, I think the answer is no,although whales would have similar health attributes found in most other fishsuch as salmon, mackerel and cod. Whales would just have much more vitamins andminerals due to their great size.

What part of Japan were you in and would you be a fan of seafood generally?

Whale Watching Ireland (west Cork)

www.whalewatchwestcork.com
This site has some really good information about whale and dolphins in Ireland. Interesting point to note is that on June 7th 1991 the Taoiseach at the time, Mr Charles Haughey declared that Irish coastal waters be declared a dolphin and whale sanctuary "in recognition of the importance of Irish waters for these magnificent creatures"

Ireland was the first European country to do something like this which is pretty impressive!

For more on this check out www.environmentalpillar.ie

What is "Whale Wars"?

A introduction video to my blog

So I'm watching the Whale Wars on Discovery and maybe like you, would like to  know a little bit more about it, obviously vast sums of money are laid down for this purpose and why are the Japanese whaling vessel's going to such length's to catch Whales, mainly Minkie Whales? (Minkie Whale is also known as Balaenoptera Acutorostrata) but also many other species of whales, many endangered species.

So having done some reading about whales and the history of catching whales, it seems that this has been going on for a long time, before the 16th Century which is a pretty long time. Back then whales were important for such things as lamp oil, soap, candles and perfume and other cosmetics but remember that boats and technology was not what it is today and us humans certainly have the upper hand when deciding to kill these animals, surely we have refined other methods to manufacture soap and such like?
Is there a recipe book for whales? What kind of Whales are common to Irish Waters?

So the Sea Shepard, http://www.seashepard.org/ , is worth a look at to find out what and why they carry out such brave actions all in the name of whales. They chase around much bigger boats, primarily called the "Nisshin Maru" which hosts a harpoon to catch whales, winch the creatures on board and start on processing the meat.

So, the Japanese whaling commission argue that they are not in breach of anything illegal as they only catch in the region of 1000 whales and do so in the name of "Scientific Research" - surely each whale is anatomically similar?  I wonder what research specifically they conduct and what does it count towards?  Financial Gain? (for the Nisshin Maru?)
Should the global science community be alarmed at this research? or even at using science as a reason for killing these creatures?
What other dangers face Whales elsewhere around the Globe and who fishes them?