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Show THURSDAY. MAY 1977 5, Dr. Kawamura relies upon Japan's whaling industry for the specimens and the finan- Fisheries Limit May Help Save The Whales 200-Mil- e "I THINK THAT both your killing wild animals unless one is obliged to do so." Dr. Kawamura told the author he believes pelagic, or ocean-goinwhaling fleets will become a thing of the past, but that coastal whaling probably will contin- f Alaskan Eskimo and the Japanese coastal whaler are justified," he said. "The people of Ayukawa, for g, 7 SI of "In the past." Dr. Kawa mura concluded, "whales have too often divided us. I believe that anything so wondrous should bring us together." ex- ample, depend heavily on whales for their livelihood. In my opinion, neither they nor the Eskimos seriously ue. Si ??k affect the world's whales." cial support he needs for his studies of the big mammals, and Mr. Graves reminded him that an end to large-scal- e whaling might cost him his job. 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But and forever." slowly "Not because whales are 77 in danger of extinction,'' Dr. Kawamura insisted. "Under present hunting quotas no species is really threatened. It is simply a matter of not No. Frn A Main Downtown Bic Pen with QmtM City Logan Every Purchase BRIDGERLAND SQUARE - 1045 NORTH MAIN, L06AN - 752-474- 1 million square, 200 miles where whaling will be restricted. The United States stopped catching whales five years ago and banned imports of whale products. As a member of the International mil O Whaling Commission, the United States has lobbied unsuccessfully for a moratorium on all whaling. Partly through U.S. efcommisforts, the sion last June lowered the annual catch limit on whales to 27,939, a reduction of 6,000. BUT AS WILLIAM Graves points out in the December National Geographic, the are largely quotas un- enforceable. Mr. Graves attended the talks in London as did Craig Van Note, a con- -' gressional assistant who was present as an observer. "There are other ways of making the quota stick," Mr. .u Van Note told the writer.,, "Under federal law the United States can prohibit seafood imports from any coun- try that hinders international fishery conservation programs, and the American market is too big to lose." "When the United States extends jurisdiction over its coastal fisheries to the limit, it will have strict control over some of the 200-mi- world's richest grounds," Mr. Van Note pointed out, adding: "I think the Japanese and Russians are beginning to get the message." THE SOVIET Union and Japan are the only two countries that still operate global whaling fleets. In recent years, however, both have cut back their fleets and no new whaling ships are, being built. The cutback reflects inter- Watanabe told Mr. Graves. 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BUYING FOR CASH 11 COOKS TO THE EXACT national pressure, reductions in assigned annual quotas, and the fact that whales are scarce and harder to find. Although whaling "WE HAVE NO large domestic supply of protein such as your American beef cattle," he explained, "for we simply cannot spare the land to raise them. We depend for protein on what we harvest from the sea, and for centuries that has included whales." But a leading Japanese cetologist, or authority on whales, predicts the demise of large-scal- e hunting. "Although it contributes to our food supply, in time we could learn to do without it," Akito Kawamura acknow- - AUTOMATIC .o UJ j5 "TT ID Your Volume Store WHAT NOT SHOP Hyrum, Utah L 65 North State Preston Phone I. 852-082- 4 , |