page_title: Anti-whaling
section_title: Subsistence hunting
hierarchical_section_title: Anti-whaling / Subsistence hunting
caption_attribution_description: English: Inuit subsistence whaling on Hudson Bay.
context_page_description: Anti-whaling refers to actions taken by those who seek to end whaling in various forms, whether locally or globally in the pursuit of marine conservation. Such activism is often a response to specific conflicts with pro-whaling countries and organizations that practice commercial whaling and/or research whaling, as well as with indigenous groups engaged in subsistence whaling. Some anti-whaling factions have received criticism and legal action for extreme methods including violent direct action. The term anti-whaling may also be used to describe beliefs and activities related to these actions.
context_section_description: There has been some resistance to subsistence hunting by the Sea Shepherd group. When the Makah people tried to revive their traditional hunt it was disrupted by Sea Shepherd's "chase boats". Greenpeace took a different position in stating that cultural revival of whaling by groups like the Makah is not the problem. Greenpeace opposes all commercial whaling, claiming that it is not sustainable. However, they state that they do not oppose subsistence whaling by indigenous peoples. They promote whale watching as an alternative economic activity to commercial whaling.
caption: Inuit subsistence whaling. A beluga whale is flensed for its maktaaq which is an important source of vitamin C in the diet of some Inuit.[53]
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