Marie Tillman comments

I understand that you do not see whales as anything special and you wouldn't mind living in a world with or without them-and that is your right to think so..All I wanted to do is to see if paying the whalers were an option-so that both parties could come to an agreement on the issue. You never know untill you ask but most people if they had a way to make more money doing something else more profitable most people would take it.. They would be paid basically to give up a tradition of killing whales. Even if there were many left or just 1000s-NOT killing them would be the goal..The ultimate decision would be up to the whalers. I don't see why you think it's such a bad idea. And yes Big Eye Tuna will be completely gone from the seas in possibly yours and in my life time-(or in the next 40 years)..

Still there are so many species that are vanishing and gone forever because of over fishing...Whales are like magical mystical creatures to many people exspecialy Americans.Why not just pay the Japanese whalers to leave them alone and give them more money them they would make from Whaling.If they don,t take the money then the Sea Shepard will be more then willing to take all donations. I think it would be the right thing to do by giving the whalers another avenue to make money. Retired Whalers Benefits~It's a win win.

Let's just pay them money for not hunting whales...the American public would donate to that cause every year..We should pay them to keep there boats docked and not give them a reason to hunt these few whales left...Whale meat is very high in mercury and is not the best meat for human consumption...