Fishermen On Lamalera Island, Indonesia, Worry Of Whale Population Decrease

Children practise throwing spear on the island of Lamalera in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara Province, Oct. 27, 2012. The decrease of whale population in the waters of Indonesia’s Lamalera in recent years has been a concern to the locals as they rely on the whale capture to support economic needs, which now have turned to dolphin and shark capture.

Harpooners on a traditional whale-hunting boat drag a captured shark into the boat near the island of Lamalera in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara Province, Oct. 30, 2012.

Harpooners on a traditional whale-hunting boat cuts a shark near the island of Lamalera in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara Province, Oct. 30, 2012. <Xinhua/Jiang Fan>