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Originally Posted by aico
70,000 is a lot, no? And I believe that they are only killing 30 Minke. It's confusing if that is each person gets to kill 30, or only 30 get killed total, first come first served so to speak.
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That the claimed numbers of minke? Wonder if that is accurate? Just read thru stuff here that indicated the numbers were not established and needed a re-evaluation.
Sure, 70K sounds a lot. Suppose it may depend on other stuff that interacts with minke (and I know nada about that!) and the relevance of minke in the overall picture.
Talking about biodiversity - this stuff was published Euro morning time today - kinda depressing.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6077798.stm
Here's other related material...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6033407.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4897252.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3667300.stm
Irrespective of the orgs compiling the data (they even argue among themselves over that), there appears to be a substantial reduction of species over the last 30 years - not good news.