mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
> Declan Murphy <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote:

> So far as whale eating is concerned, it's not commercially viable, and
> I see no point. Any commercial harvesting that turns a profit would
> undoubtedly endanger the harvestee.

Pretty much agree, remove the subsidies and deep water whaling will
struggle. Its unlikely that they could ever be farmed (in the way tuna
etc are), and I think it is unlikely that the price of alternative meat
will ever rise high enough for whale to be an economical substitute. As
for fine grade oils and other by-products, wouldn't products processed
from whales remain unlikely to replace or be able to compete with
synthetics and alternative sources?