Reply by czrl May 4, 2010 05:18pm PDTReport Abuse

Rationally? hm. Nevertheless, it creates an imbalance in nature. It will only help the fishing industry. Does it need much more help?
Besides, as you know, whales eat many different oceanic creatures, like plankton, krill and small fish. Without these animals the oceans will be overpopulated. Do you know how many pounds of fish just one whale can eat in a day? Surely more than we could catch in a day. You see, when one part of the ecosystem is thrown off balance, another one will be affected in one way or another. Plankton, krill and small fish feed off of algae and other fish. That means that humans and other animals will be affected as well since we eat the algae and some of those fish. And if other animals are affected, we are affected. Less animals=less food. The fishing industry will not help much. It would be like an infestation of these creatures.
I don't know much about that research you were talking about, but I DO know slowly but surely it will, in fact, take a toll on the ecosystems. It is what they teach everyone in biology class. Even in the simpler ones. Take global warming for example. No one thought it was going to be a major problem before it began to be one. You cannot stop the domino effect once you make the first tile fall down.

Reply by czrl May 4, 2010 05:29pm PDTReport Abuse

*we cannot catch the total of pounds of fish that the extinct whales all together would've caught in a day. Sorry, I expressed it incorrectly before.