Read more whaling stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/15994/whaling.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:53:06 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/62590/watching-whales-more-lucrative-than-hunting-them.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhale watching generates about $2.1 billion annually, making it far more profitable than hunting the giant mammals, a new report says. Income from whale watching has doubled over the last decade, according to the report, issued by the International Fund for Animal Welfare. "Whale watching is clearly more environmentally...http://www.newser.com/story/62590/watching-whales-more-lucrative-than-hunting-them.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 23 Jun 2009 9:55:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55682/six-weird-tax-deductions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe tax code is more than 20,000 pages long and packed with loopholes galore. Newsweek lists six deductions you've probably never heard of: Alaskan whaling captains can deduct up to $10,000 for money spent fixing their boats or on other whaling expenses. Parents of kidnapped children can now...http://www.newser.com/story/55682/six-weird-tax-deductions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Apr 2009 16:45:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54652/chinese-cyber-spies-hit-dalai-lama-foreign-offices.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA massive cyber spying effort launched from China has infiltrated the computers of hundreds of government agencies and private offices around the globe, including four connected to the Dalai Lama, the New York Times reports. Asked by the spiritual leader's office to investigate evidence of a breach, Canadian researchers discovered...http://www.newser.com/story/54652/chinese-cyber-spies-hit-dalai-lama-foreign-offices.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 28 Mar 2009 16:12:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51486/nations-move-to-breach-whaling-ban.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSecret government meetings could usher in a new era of legal commercial whaling for the first time in more than 20 years, the Independent reports. Twenty-eight whaling and anti-whaling nations have met twice to reach a compromise on the ban, which came after the near-extinction of many species. Environmentalists say...http://www.newser.com/story/51486/nations-move-to-breach-whaling-ban.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 22 Feb 2009 15:46:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/36412/whale-meat-makes-comeback-in-iceland.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIllegal for two decades, whale meat is back on menus in Iceland, and entrepreneurs are hoping to turn young people on to its charms, the Wall Street Journal reports. The food is reminiscent of beef, but costs only half as much—perhaps a mark in its favor for the young....http://www.newser.com/story/36412/whale-meat-makes-comeback-in-iceland.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 02 Sep 2008 9:16:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34694/humpbacks-no-longer-in-danger.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHumpback whales, once feared to be on the verge of extinction, have made such a dramatic comeback that the International Union for Conservation of Nature has removed them from its list of vulnerable species. A ban on humpback whaling in the 1960s has allowed their numbers to grow to 55,...http://www.newser.com/story/34694/humpbacks-no-longer-in-danger.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 12 Aug 2008 9:56:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32542/todays-drilling-rush-looks-as-crude-as-whale-oil-folly.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOn an otherwise deserted patch of Arctic ice stands an abandoned settlement, proof that humans once lived here. Nearby lies a reminder of why they came: dozens of massive whale skulls, still bleeding oil into the ground. Men once flocked to this land for whale oil, Michael Gerson writes in...http://www.newser.com/story/32542/todays-drilling-rush-looks-as-crude-as-whale-oil-folly.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 16 Jul 2008 10:37:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30895/world-body-postpones-decision-on-whale-hunts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA moratorium on commercial whaling looks set to continue for another year after an international body put off a decision yesterday, the Economist notes, but its fate beyond that appears tenuous. The 81-nation International Whaling Commission, often paralyzed by conflicting views, also decided to revamp its decision-making process by forming...http://www.newser.com/story/30895/world-body-postpones-decision-on-whale-hunts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 25 Jun 2008 20:25:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/21775/aussies-face-protests-over-kangaroo-cull.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAustralia is planning to cull 400 kangaroos on a military base, and Japan—oft-criticized by Australia for its whaling practices—is jumping at the opportunity to hail its neighbor as hypocritical, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. Not so, says Australia’s PM. The whaling issue is subject to "an agreement between...http://www.newser.com/story/21775/aussies-face-protests-over-kangaroo-cull.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 17 Mar 2008 9:10:26 CDT