caa a22 4500 445806427 CHVBK 20180317145157.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10745-011-9429-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10745-011-9429-4 Cetacean By-Catch in the Korean Peninsula—by Chance or by Design? [Elektronische Daten] [Douglas MacMillan, Jeonghee Han] Whaling remains one of the most contentious issues in global conservation. In South Korea, where commercial and subsistence whaling are both illegal, domestic sales of cetacean products such as skin, blubber and red meat are allowed if they are accidently caught. However, environmental groups have claimed that the high price of meat may be acting as an incentive for illegal hunting and ‘deliberate by-catch' where whales are intentionally killed or left to die by fishermen when they become trapped in their nets. In this paper we investigate the issue of deliberate by-catch and illegal hunting of the protected Minke J-stock population in Korean waters using grounded theory, an approach that allows theories and understanding to emerge from the analysis of both qualitative and quantitative data. Our research suggests that deliberate by-catch is almost certainly taking place but that illegal hunting and/or illegal importation from Japan may be far more significant sources of Minke whale meat. We discuss possible measures to reduce incentives for deliberate by-catch and illegal hunting such as the introduction of mandatory reporting of quantities supplied and consumed in restaurants and a tax on meat sales at auction. More generally, our research illustrates how the analysis of price movements can shed light on the scale of illegal wildlife trade and how a combination of both qualitative and quantitative methodologies can provide understanding of a complex, multifaceted conservation issue. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2011 Minke whale-By-Catch nationallicence South Korea nationallicence Illegal trade nationallicence Conservation nationallicence MacMillan Douglas University of Kent, Canterbury, UK aut Han Jeonghee University of Kent, Canterbury, UK aut Human Ecology Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 39/6(2011-12-01), 757-768 0300-7839 39:6<757 2011 39 10745 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-011-9429-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-011-9429-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- MacMillan Douglas University of Kent, Canterbury, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Han Jeonghee University of Kent, Canterbury, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Human Ecology Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 39/6(2011-12-01), 757-768 0300-7839 39:6<757 2011 39 10745 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer