History



﻿//Nearly every country that has a coastline has a history of hunting whales. It was a resource that seemed to never run out by the 1920s huge factory ships contributed to the modernization of commercial whaling and in the following decades the number of whales in the ocean had been cut dramatically.//

//The// International Whaling Commision (IWC) //was established firstly to manage stock in the ocean but when it became apparent that the species were close to extinction it moved to regulating whaling while moving to conservation.// //A moratorium of commercial whaling was established in 1986, unfortunately some countries continue the practice under the guise of scientific research.// //The member countries of the IWC meet annually to discuss continual whaling and the establishment of whale santuaries.//

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