Seal Hunt

Lars Gustafson 11/4/15 GEOG 304 Research Paper: Shark Finning With an alarming one in four shark species endangered across the globe, we have come to a breaking point where our oceans ecosystems could suffer permanent damage if the practice of shark finning in the oceans off of Eastern Asia continues as shark population’s plummet. According to www.stopsharkfinning.net, tens of millions of sharks are killed every single year just for the fins that are the main ingredient in shark fin soup. Shark fins are harvested to feed the growing demand for shark fin soup that is an Asian delicacy food. When the sharks are finned they are usually thrown back into the water and left to drown slowly.

Newfoundland was known for its Cod fish industry and the prohibition that followed since the early 90s. The dropping numbers of the Cod fish was escalating and it took a governmental standard ban to stop the excessive fishing, even though it was disastrous to the economy. The restriction on Cod fishing was considered a wise thing to do.

The seal hunt should be banned. They are being hunted for their fur. Canada allows 470,000 seals to be hunted every year, and that is endangering the seals population. Hunters specifically look for baby seals to hunt. They do this because their fur is very soft, and they have a lot of value in them. The seals that get killed for their fur are all 2-3 weeks old. These animals are getting killed very often, and they get killed in a very painful way. Hunters don’t shoot the animal. Shooting the animal is much more effective and it will put it out of its misery faster, but hunters use clubs to beat them to death. Seals are being hunted, and it should be banned in Canada.

According to world wildlife organisation, overfishing occurs when more fish are caught than the population can replace through natural reproduction. Gathering as many fish as possible may seem like a profitable practice, but overfishing has serious consequences. The results may not only affect the balance of life in the oceans, but also the social and economic well-being of the coastal communities who depend on fish for their way of life. According to the research world wildlife organisation, 1.6% of the world’s oceans have been declared as marine protected areas (MPAS), and 90% of existing MPAS are open to fishing.

Seal Hunting Sealing hunting has been around for as long as europeans have lived on the North American Continent. Seal hunting has been performed in Canada for as long as anyone can remember, it as since then became a tradition of many canadians. As of lately there are many people all around the continent that are concerned about the effects of seal hunting. The Prime Minster added in a debate on tweet saying “Let them do what they want they really arent doing anything wrong, plus they guns.

The monk seals are a rare tropical animal that lives on the Caribbean and the Hawaiian Islands. Monk seals live in warm waters and spend about two-thirds of their time at sea. However, they also spend time on land as they breed and carry-out their “pups.” Coral reefs provide the seal as a great habitat for them to dive, swim, and for food such as fish. It may seem that monk seals spend most of their time at sea, but they also love to rest on shore on the beaches. From resting and birthing to nursing newborn seals, the seals try their best to survive. Why are these animals extinct, then?

I. How has the general view of whales and whaling changed in America? Why do you think the general view on whales and other creatures has shifted so drastically? Do you think there is a double-standard for some animal hunting? Why or why not? II.

This illustrates how the author uses simple appeals to convey ethos and provided facts and statistics, as well as emotional appeals to support his claim. He tried to use personal examples, but referred to in the beginning of his article, “As a non-hunter, I cannot say anything about what it feels like to shoot or trap an animal” (Is Hunting Moral?). This shows that he has not had a first-hand experiment with the issue and makes the reader believe that this is misrepresentation of his

Due to McWilliams’ strong claim, evidence, warrant, backing, and rebuttal to counter arguments, his argument is therefore an effective one, according to the Toulmin method. The most important and key components, that are vital to an argument, are the argument’s claim, qualifiers, as well as the evidence the author uses to support their argument. If there were no claim, then the author has no firm stance or basis for their argument, because they would have nothing to defend or persuade their readers of. The claim James E. McWilliams makes in the article “The Locavore movement: Why Buying from Nearby Farmers Won’t Save the Planet” is that since there are so many factors that are attributed to the destruction of the earth and the waste of tons of energy ,that the locavore movement is not quite saving the planet simply by focusing

The seafood market is probably worth over $100 million (including imported seafood), there is a $10-15 million char­ter boat industry, probably an equiva­lently valued tournament fishery, and there is a recreational and subsistence marine fishery with direct expenditures of $24 million. The estimate of the Hawaii seafood market supply in 1990, is 20 million pounds ($50 million) from commercial fishing, 9 million pounds from recreational fishing, 15 million pounds ($30 mil­lion) from foreign imports, 24 million pounds ($45 million) from the main­land U.S., and 3.5 million pounds ($10 million) exported. There are many elements to these recent changes in Hawaii's seafood in­dustry. Perhaps the first harbinger of change was the arrival of albacore troll­ers from the west coast en route to newly discovered fishing grounds north of Midway Islands late in the 1970's. This caused a new perspective on the nature of Hawaii's role in the Pacific­ wide fishery and led to some substan­tial changes on the Honolulu water­front.

One of the main reasons polar bears are going extinct is because they aren’t getting the right amount of food they need to survive. Seals, the main food source for the polar bears, are animals that depend largely on the algae that grows on the ice of the Arctic. With the ice content slowly depleting, there isn’t enough seals to sustain the polar bear population. One of the

This editorial is about Wright’s interview with animal rights activists; who statements make extremist pronouncements but then changes rhetoric, this made Wright disappointed in the activists. The editorial has content of various interviews done with different groups of animal rights activist. The information in this editorial will serve as a support in the paragraph of how strong animal rights have become by providing examples of how the activist goes to various places to burn down labs that unnecessarily experiment on animals. The source has philosophical comparison between humans and animals that can make humans subconscious about animal welfare. The information supplied by this editorial is different from my other sources because it concentration

Even though we have words such as: “calm”, “gentle”, “rebirth” etc. that are associated with the sea; within recent years the sea and everything within it are changing. There has been an increase in the demand for fish, with such high demand the fish industry are utilizing extensive measures in order to meet said high demand.

The state of California recently banned the trapping of bobcats throughout the entire state. Carla Hall, a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, shared her opinion on the topic through an editorial. Immediately, the author establishes tone in the first paragraph. After briefly stating that the murder of Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe caused people around the world to become enraged, she writes, “...there is good-- and heartening!-- news from the wilds of California!” This opening sentence shows the author’s tone by taking on a glass-half-full attitude-- an optimistic and pleased tone for most article.

Review of Literature Environmental issues began to be discussed and debated only towards the end of the 20th century. Since then significant amount of literature has been penned down raising awareness about issues of pollution, deforestation, animal rights and several others however it has failed to result in major changes, ideas or even actions to save the environment. Several species of animals have become extinct; pollution level is at an all-time high, global warming is leading to severe climate changes all across the globe but these problems do not seem to alarm the decision makers. Leydier & Martin (2013) also states that, “despite the increasing expression of concern in political and media debates about issues such as climate change, pollution and threats to biodiversity, “political ecology” (operating at the confluence of scientific developments, political engagement and ethical debates) is still trying to find its bearings” (p.7). It is quite evident that environmental issues are not treated in equivalence to political, economic, social or even religious issues.