... In the 1970s, anti-whaling movements grew worldwide, and at the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment held in 1972, a resolution was passed to suspend commercial whaling for 10 years (moratorium). The IWC did not accept this recommendation, claiming that it lacked scientific evidence, but in the same year it abolished the blue whale unit (BWU, a method of determining the ratio of each whale species based on the amount of oil harvested by blue whales, equivalent to two fin whales, 2.5 humpback whales, and six sei whales for every blue whale), and embarked on complete species-specific regulation, and further set catch quotas for each managed sea area. ... *Some of the terminology that refers to "blue whale unit" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
… 70年代になると,世界的に反捕鯨運動が高まり,72年に開催された国連人間環境会議では,商業捕鯨の10年間停止(モラトリアム)の決議が採択された。IWCは,この勧告を科学的根拠に欠けるとして受け入れなかったが,この年シロナガス換算方式blue whale unit(BWU。シロナガスクジラの採油量を基準にして各鯨種との比率を定める方式で,シロナガスクジラ1頭に対してナガスクジラ2頭,ザトウクジラ2.5頭,イワシクジラ6頭に相当)を撤廃して,完全鯨種別規制にふみ切り,さらに管理海区別に捕獲枠を設定した。… ※「blue whale unit」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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