Apex predators of the sea?

[wet]

BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Greenpeace 'heads off whale ship'

Whales, Whalers, Anti-whalers, Anti-anti-whalers...

[Whales are referred to as the apex or top oceanic predator. Humans have been whaling for thousands of years. Now cultural division has produced human anti-whaling fighting against whaling, supposedly to allow the whales to return to a natural state of top predator. But Humans are also consuming the whale's food all along the food chain, from algae to krill to small fish to large fish around the world. So the whales don't have lots of food, so large populations are not sustainable. Will they go extinct even if there is no whaling?]

Pantagraph.com | GO! | Whale of an exhibit
Beluga calves at aquarium

SKorean police seize tonnes of whale meat: official - Yahoo! News
Whaling: traditional methods, modern bycatch, stopping the poaching

and finally, some cute aqua comics:
Aquatic animal Cartoons - Nearing Zero
http://www.nearingzero.net/screen_res/nz048.jpg

 

[land shark]

OK so like whose counting! and what is a sustainable crop of whales.
What is a sustainable crop of krill??
To tinker with a puzzle without having all the pieces is irresponsible.

 

[waterman407]

We "humans" have always been the apex predator of the sea that is why we as a spiecies are killing the oceans.