• After many years of consideration, non-profit organisations such as Greenpeace believe that people should not be able to fish and whale in Antarctica however there are people who disagree with this statement.

    After many years of concern scientists have found that there has been a decrease in the number of whales and fish. Many species are already become endangered as there number decreased. The research has shown that in years to come specific species of whale shall be classified as extinct.

    Another issue affecting the decrease of whales and fish is the fact that Japan refuses to stop whaling. Japan has described this as "scientific" whaling. There is a strong suggestion that Japan aims at supplying whale meat and securing jobs for whaling companies, not necessarily for a scientific purpose.

    Luckily the Antarctic Ocean area was set as whale sanctuary by the International Whaling Commission in 1994 and whaling in the area is banned permanently.

    On the contrary, there are many people who do consider whaling as scientific and show no mercy for the large mammals. The Japanese whalers need a courier, a courier like all other couriers provides an income, which they need to provide themselves and family with everyday essentials.

    Ever since the 19th century, when the whaling gun was invented in Norway whaling in the Antarctic Ocean area had become a huge success. Japan is not the only country to blame for the decrease of the fish and whales, the main problem was greed and temptation.
    Countries operated whaling mainly for producing whale oil. Whale oil was and still is in some countries processed into raw material of candles, detergent, and lipsticks, and the latter into margarine.

    In summary, after looking at both sides of this topic I consider that people should not be able to whale and fish in the Antarctic region due to the facts being very overwhelming. Think about all the cosmetics, then think about how many whale were slaughtered for ones needs. There is a huge comparison, one of the world’s largest mammals in exchange for one small make up set.