Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Whales
- Photo Identification
- Whale sharks
- Left pectoral fin
- Right
- Head.
- Humpback
- Fluke
- software used
- similar to NASA star
- uses pattern recognition (of the spots)
- similar to the star technology
- Why do this?
- Identification helps us ...
- work out population sizes
- Determine whale destinations
- feeding
- breeding
- Return?
- feeding
- breeding
- Organisations
- International Maritime Organisation
- first met 1959
- based UK but international
- purpose
- marine pollution
- cooperation among governments
- legal matters (related)
- International Whaling Commision
- 2 December 1946
- purpose
- sustainable whaling industry
- 3 main commitiees
- scientific
- technical
- Finance & administration
- Protection of certain species
- set limits
- control reporting
- based in England
- Green peace
- non - government
- non violent activists
- all environment - not just whales
- defends ocean from challenging destructive fishing
- created marine reserves (global)
- Sea Shepperd
- est. 1977
- direct action
- activists
- purpose
- end destruction of habitat
- end slaughter of wild life
- not for profit
- Possible question:
- extended answer
- How are they identified?
- why do we identify?
- Comparing techniques
- whale to whale
- Whats endangering them?