Editing Whaling (section)

=== Philippines ===
{{Main|Whaling in the Philippines}}
Whaling in the Philippines has been illegal since 1997 since the Fisheries Administrative Order 185 of 1991 was amended. The order initially only made illegal the catching, selling, or transporting of dolphins but the 1997 amendment widened the scope of the ban to include all [[cetacea]]ns including whales.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://www.murdoch.edu.au/Research-capabilities/Asia-Research-Centre/_document/working-papers/wp161.pdf|title=Historical whaling in the Philippines: origins of 'indigenous subsistence whaling', mapping whaling grounds and comparison with current known distribution: An HMAP Asia Project Paper|last=Acebes|first=Jo Marie|publisher=Asia-Research-Centre|access-date=24 December 2013|archive-date=24 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224112328/http://www.murdoch.edu.au/Research-capabilities/Asia-Research-Centre/_document/working-papers/wp161.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> The calls for ban on whaling and dolphin hunting in the Philippines were raised by both domestic and international groups after local whaling and dolphin hunting traditions of residents of [[Pamilacan]] in Bohol were featured in newspapers in the 1990s. As compromise for residents of Pamilacan who were dependent on whaling and dolphin hunting, whale and dolphin watching is being promoted in the island as a source of tourism income.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/254049/news/regions/in-the-wild-bohol-s-dolphins-and-whales|title=In the wild: Bohol's dolphins and whales|last=Acebes|first=Jo Marie|date=6 April 2012|newspaper=GMA News|access-date=4 January 2014}}</ref> Despite the ban, it is believed that the whaling industry in the Philippines did not cease to exist but went underground.<ref name=autogenerated1 />