The international whaling organization has issued its first-ever extinction alert.

国际组织首次发布了灭绝警报。

The whale population has become endangered due to commercial whaling activities in recent years.

近年来，由于商业活动，鱼种群已濒临灭绝。

He's heading to Nantucket to see if he can find work on a whaling ship.

他正前往楠塔基特岛，想寻找在船上工作机会。

It was a story of Whalers on a whaling ship.

这是一个关于船上人故事。

Right now, whale populations are still recovering from industrial whaling.

目前，鱼数量仍在从工业中恢复。

One tribe, the Makah, has a long history of whaling.

一个名部落有着悠久历史。

The scientists suggest that as population density rises as a result of whaling restrictions, the vast creatures' song no longer needs to carry as far.

科学家表示随着对限制，鱼种群密度增加，这些巨大生物“歌声”再也不需要传播那么远了。

The IWC ordered the ban on commercial whaling over 30 years ago.

国际委员会30多年前下令禁止商业。

Commercial whaling is a very small industry in Japan.

商业在日本是一个非常小行业。

Japan unsuccessfully lobbied the IWC in September to resume commercial whaling.

日本曾在9月游说国际委员会恢复商业，但并未成功。

Gray whales were almost completely killed off by hunting during the years of commercial whaling.

在商业盛行年代，灰几乎全部被杀。

The international whaling commission issued a moratorium on whale hunting in 1985.

国际委员会在 1985 年颁布了暂停规定。

The equal opportunity offered in whaling is ahead of its time.

业所提供平等机会超前于其所处时代。

Perhaps the only formal whaling code authorized by legislative enactment, was that of Holland.

也许唯一立法生效正式法典便是荷兰那一部。

According to the Kyoto News Agency, Tokyo would only allow whaling in the seas around Japan and not stray into Antarctic waters.

京都新闻社报道称，日本将只允许在日本周边海域，并不进入大西洋海域。

Though they've been declared protected from whaling since the 1930s, the North Atlantic right whale is one of the most endangered large whales in the sea.

尽管自20世纪30年代起，北大西洋露脊就被宣布禁止，但它仍是海洋中最濒危大型鱼之一。

Whaling has long proved a rare diplomatic flashpoint for Tokyo, which says the practice is a Japanese tradition that should not be subject to international interference.

长期以来，一直是日本一个罕见外交冲突爆发点。日本政府表示，行是日本一项传统，不应受到国际干涉。

Before the resumption of commercial whaling for the first time in 31 years, Japan had been catching whales for what it said were research purposes.

在31年来首次恢复商业之前，日本一直在以所谓“研究目”。

One day we were chased by the longboats of a whaling vessel, which undoubtedly viewed us as some enormous baleen whale of great value.

一天，我们被一只船小艇追逐，他们一定认我们船是价值很大巨大鱼。

Commercial whaling bans were imposed in 1986 and it is argued that Japan uses the scientific research banner as a way round the regulations.

商业在1986年被禁止，有人认日本利用科学研究旗帜避开法律规定。