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Re:Something is killing gray whales by Igelau on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @12:51AM (#28206340)
> Some scientists believe there may be too many whales for the population to sustain itself.

That's the one no one wants to hear. Commercial whaling is practically extinct. Sustainable hunting (like Norway and the Minke) might actually be the solution.

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Re:Something is killing gray whales by fractallyte on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @01:03AM (#28206394)
If the oceans can't sustain such a small population of whales, then the ocean ecology is itself a problem.

Bear in mind that before voracious industrial-scale harvesting, oceans were teeming with life.

This book says it all: https://www.jbmackinnon.com/the-once-and-future-world

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Re:Something is killing gray whales by pvaldes on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @10:14AM (#28210075)
> too many whales

The more people will overfish, the more gray whales we should have around. And this whales can migrate.

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