Sentences with phrase «sustain whale stocks»
When the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling was negotiated more than 60 years ago, the main aim was to sustain whale stocks for their only economic value at the time — as a source of oil and meat.
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The story posits that Japan's whaling institute may be propped up almost as much to secure jobs for former ministry officials as for sustaining whale stocks: