There have been numerous studies that link the failure of 20 year old male nerds to get any a$$ to their failure to appreciate lipid levels in global cetacean populations! Get with the program!

Seriously, knowing your not a dumb a$$ I’m assuming your question was smart a$$!

The truth is whale hunting was stopped because of declines in whale populations, the Japanese as well as the Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland and aboriginal populations in Canada northwest US have an interest in resuming whale hunting and harvest when whale populations return to a level that could sustain commercial harvesting. It is likely that whale populations will rebound as has already been demonstrated buy species like the California gray whales and humpback whales. There will potentially come a time when the restored populations of whales could be a hazard or pests like sea lions, wolves, mountain lions, and whitetail deer are in some places. When that condition exists, the people who have cultural traditions that include whale hunting and killing will legitimately have their argument that they should no longer be denied their cultural heritage.

Prior to the IWC banning commercial whaling there had been virtually no scientific research done and the Japanese in particular have decided that harvesting specimens to better understand whales and their populations is needed to most effectively and efficiently manage populations towards sustainability.

The Free Willy intoxicated will likely never recognize the rights of people they disagree with until whales start eating people again, and eat some of their people! A world with oceans full of whales sounds great until you see those Orca’s off the beach in Patagonia eating fat seals like Buffalo Chicken Wings and then imagine them off the beaches in California and Cape Cod dining on trans-fattened bathers! Man that would be spectacular! Or when the beer belly family on their weekender runabout sport craft are a mile of two offshore and sunning and fishing and a sperm whale pops up and dumps them into Gulf Stream and spends the next hour or two chasing them like a cat does a mouse before crunching them down!

There are many stories of sea creatures harvesting humans throughout history that have a basis in reality for ancient people. Along that line a great read is the story of the Whale Ship Essex, and their tale of sinking by a giant sperm whale while hunting other whales in the pod. 3,000 miles across the southern pacific in small boats eating your dead buddies until there wasn’t any dead ones left. Then selecting who would be killed for food, and who would do the killing, by choosing lots!