| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study examined the socio-cultural significance of the "aboriginal subsistence whaling" among the people of Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. In 2012, an anti-whaling NGO launched a campaign aimed at converting whaling into whale watching in Bequia. In 2014, the same NGO bought a whaling boat from the most skillful harpooner who had led his whaling team since 1996. This purchase caused a stir within the local community, which had a well-established whaling tradition. As of 2017, two whaling teams and two whaling boats still operate in Bequia. However, the whaling activities have slowed due to the retirement of the most skillful harpooner. The retired harpooner and another ex-whaler have begun to prepare for the whale watching business with some financial aids provided by the NGO. During my research period, the socio-cultural circumstances surrounding the aboriginal subsistence whaling among the people of Bequia have changed considerably.
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