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(1) a dead whale is estimated as being worth about 15000 uk pound
(2) the eskimos (inuits) how old is hunter the whale as part of the year means of staying alive
(3)laws have been passed to control how many wheels are killed. if the laws are not obeyed then many species will become extinct
(4) whales provides meat and oil
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Although food security is often defined in economic (e.g. FAO 1995) and dietary terms, there are clearly other important non-economic considerations that influence food security outcomes. Indeed, the very notion of what constitutes a food resource is itself a cultural construct. In regard to what is, or is not, a food resource, there are numerous examples where a previously under-valued species becomes the focus of a new food fishery as a result of consumer education and market and product development.
This situation of changing food acceptability occurs in the Arctic too, and in relation to fisheries which are directed more to the non-monetized, domestic ("subsistence") economy than to the market economy. Thus, whereas about thirty years ago in some regions of the Canadian Arctic, sculpins (Myoxocephalus spp and Scorpio spp) and arctic cod (Boreogadus saida) taken as by-catch in gill-net fisheries were only considered useful as dog food, fox bait, or eaten during periods of starvation, many Inuit living a more sedentary and economically secure existence today regularly fish for cod and sculpins and include them in their everyday diet.
For such reasons, social and cultural factors should be carefully considered when questions of food security are discussed. This is particularly the case when international fishery issues are under consideration, for here the cultural differences between managers and fishers will be most pronounced, and the viewpoints of rural peoples are most in danger of being under-valued or ignored. In formulating "global" policies, it is often the case that decisions appearing to make sense to metropolitan decision-makers may appear irrational or woefully inappropriate in rural areas affected by such decisions. Thus, it is not surprising that the NGO caucus representing fishers and community interests at the 1995 Kyoto conference on Fisheries and Food Security urged delegates
To recognize and respect the importance of cultures and traditions and to preclude the imposition of any nation's or group's moral, ethical, or aesthetic values on others.
This plea for greater understanding was indeed noted in the final Kyoto Declaration and Action Plan, where delegates:
Call for an increase in the respect and understanding of social, economic and cultural differences among States and regions in the use of living aquatic resources, especially cultural diversity in dietary habits...
In the field of fisheries, an issue which perhaps illustrates most profoundly the cultural disconnect that may exist, is seen to occur when the consumptive use of marine mammals is being discussed. Although ideological differences between those who find it acceptable to kill mammals for food, and those who consider such actions unacceptable, have existed for many decades, it seems that some who once accepted animal slaughter for food, nevertheless now find it unacceptable that whales should continue to be killed for food. The reasons for this will not be considered in this study, but have been discussed elsewhere (e.g. Cawthorn 1999; Freeman 1990; 1997; Kalland 1993; Lynge 1992).
However, the reality is that a number of societies in the Arctic, the North Atlantic, the North Pacific, the Caribbean and Southeast Asia continue to hunt and consume whales. The current trend indicates whaling is on the increase (WCW 1999), with more than 98 percent of the whales and small cetaceans annually killed in directed whaling operations under national or regional jurisdiction, thus avoiding the seriously negative socio-economic, cultural, and dietary consequences caused by the cultural dissonance that has created serious management dysfunction in the global whaling regime (Burke 1997; Friedheim 1997; Aron et al. 2000).
The present case study examines small-scale whaling carried out today in the far northern regions of North America. For thousands of years, the Inuit -- the indigenous people of the region -- have considered various whale species as important sources of food. Although the skin, oil, bones, sinew, baleen and ivory of whales has been important for non-food purposes, it is the degree of food security afforded by these large-bodied animals that causes whales to remain important in the diet of the Inuit. A number of other non-dietary considerations contribute to the role that whales, whale hunting, and whale consumption play in sustaining the cultural identity of the Inuit.
With this as background, this case study will consider those social and cultural events which strengthen food security among these northern societies, and conversely, those factors which threaten food security. In relation to management of these arctic fisheries, the paper will consider social and cultural institutions, practices, and norms that contribute to the sustainability of marine-mammal hunting activities.