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What past do you mean? Like a 100 years or so? I know that whales like blue whales ARE endangered but why not hunt those other not endangered whales and keep the hunting strictly monitored like what they are doing in other fisheries?
http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/20070215p2a00m0na021000c.html
IF you ask me, I say that those anti-whaling countries are trying to stop those pro-whalers because of monetary gain. The US with its beef exports to Japan for example. If the Japanese have another source of food, they might eat less beef that are coming in from the US. Japan would depend less for imports on food items. And remember Japan's ban on US beef imports? The US threatened economic sanctions on Japan if they would not lift the ban.