List of Figures
Fig. 2.1 Bottlenose dolphins in the Taiji Whale Museum
# Nikolas Sellheim ....................................................... 24
Fig. 2.2 Harp seal pup (whitecoat) # IFAW . . . ................................ 27
Fig. 3.1 Whale flensing in the Faroe Islands and seal hunting in the
Gulf of Bothnia. Excerpts from Olaus Magnus, Carta Marina, 1539
(# public domain) .......................................................... 42
Fig. 3.2 Taiji rock engraving # Nikolas Sellheim ............................. 47
Fig. 3.3 Whale meat booth in Osaka, # Nikolas Sellheim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Fig. 3.4 Whales of Geographe Bay, Australia # Nikolas Sellheim . . . . . . . . . . 51
Fig. 5.1 Membership of the International Whaling Commission
# Nikolas Sellheim ........................................................ 91
Fig. 5.2 Relieved Alaskan delegates after the ASW vote at IWC67
# Nikolas Sellheim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Fig. 5.3 Geographical scope of ASCOBANS. # Map courtesy
of ASCOBANS (ascobans.org) ......................................... 115
Fig. 6.1 Tourists watching sea lions at Pier 39 in San Francisco
# David Bauer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Fig. 6.2 The adoption process of the EU Seal Regime
# Nikolas Sellheim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
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