In my healing journey and learning to attain the breath awareness, I become aware of the reality that all the creatures of the world are breathing the same breath. Take action, here and now. From my physical being to the every corner of this out of balance's planet.
1790年代捕鯨示意圖。圖片來源:Treasures of the NOAA Photo Library; From "A Collection of Voyages round te World ... Captain Cook's First, Second, Third and Last Voyages ...." Volume V, London, 1790, page 1910. Photo by Mr. Sean Linehan.
在這人類和鯨魚長期以來的互動歷史中,不論是讓人們對於鯨魚更加的瞭解或是讓鯨魚走入日常生活裡,「捕鯨(whaling)」 一直都是扮演著很重要的角色,但在大量的捕殺下(光在20世紀裡,在明確的紀錄中,就有至少近300萬隻的大型鯨魚進到捕鯨的經濟鏈),鯨魚不再是出海就隨手可得的獵物。另一方面,我們漸漸對於自然界運作的理解、物種的多樣性對於維持整體生態系運作的重要性等越來越了解,保育(conservation)的觀念也越來越普及,也漸漸地讓「反捕鯨(anti-whaling)」的聲浪崛起,如美國在1972年通過對於海洋哺乳動物的保護法案(Marine Mammal Protection Act)等保護措施在各個國家漸漸出現。國際上更於1946年,在美國華盛頓DC簽署了國際捕鯨管制條約(International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling),並為了協調各國之間關於捕鯨的事務而成立國際捕鯨委員會(International Whaling Commission,IWC)。
In my healing journey and learning to attain the breath awareness, I become aware of the reality that all the creatures of the world are breathing the same breath. Take action, here and now. From my physical being to the every corner of this out of balance's planet.
無魚海洋的未來,恐怕政客也推了一把。根據聯合國資料,全球間接導致過度捕撈的漁業補貼高達350億美元(約新台幣1兆556億元)。聯合國貿易發展會議(UN Conference on Trade and Development,UNCTAD)法務官維瓦士(David Vivas)警告,全世界魚類和海鮮產品出口總值1460億美元中,每5元的海產就有1元是補助來的。
In my healing journey and learning to attain the breath awareness, I become aware of the reality that all the creatures of the world are breathing the same breath. Take action, here and now. From my physical being to the every corner of this out of balance's planet.
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印尼的傳統捕鯨。圖片取自:Ellis, R. 2009. Whaling, Aboriginal. In "Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals" (Perrin WF, Würsig B, and Thewissen JGM, eds), pp. 1227—1235. Academic Press.
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In my healing journey and learning to attain the breath awareness, I become aware of the reality that all the creatures of the world are breathing the same breath. Take action, here and now. From my physical being to the every corner of this out of balance's planet.