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Effective population size and the genetic consequences of commercial whaling on the humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) from Southwestern Atlantic Ocean [PDF]
Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2018 Genotypes of 10 microsatellite loci of 420 humpback whales from the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean population were used to estimate for the first time its contemporary effective (Ne) and census (Nc) population sizes and to test the genetic effect of ...
Ana Lúcia Cypriano-Souza +3 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 Whaling has been a contentious international environmental issue for decades and carries complex ecological and socioeconomic implications. In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), a small archipelagic nation located in the Eastern Caribbean, present ...
Russell Fielding, Jeremy J. Kiszka
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PLoS ONE, 2014 Right whales (Eubalaena spp.) were the focus of worldwide whaling activities from the 16th to the 20th century. During the first part of the 19th century, the southern right whale (E. australis) was heavily exploited on whaling grounds around New Zealand
Emma L Carroll +3 more
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PLoS ONE, 2014 Right whales (Eubalaena spp.) were the focus of worldwide whaling activities from the 16th to the 20th century. During the first part of the 19th century, the southern right whale (E. australis) was heavily exploited on whaling grounds around New Zealand
Emma L Carroll +3 more
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The International Whaling Commission – Beyond Whaling [PDF]
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2016 Since its establishment in 1946 as the international body intended to manage whaling, the International Whaling Commission (IWC) has expanded its areas of interest to ensure the wider conservation of whales.
Andrew John Wright +2 more
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Whaling, Science, and Trans-Maritime Networks, 1910–1914
The Journal of Transcultural Studies, 2014 This paper addresses whale research by American naturalist Roy Chapman Andrews during and after his expeditions to whaling stations of the Tōyō Hogei company in Japan and Korea.
Lars Schladitz
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On the edges of extinction: Indigenous whaling governance, the 1977 “bowhead controversy” and its legacy [PDF]
Cambridge Prisms: ExtinctionIn its nearly 80-year history, the International Whaling Commission (IWC) has shifted from a “whalers club” to an international governance body chiefly focused on the protection and conservation of global cetacean populations.
Sonja Åman
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Whale recovery and the emerging human-wildlife conflict over Antarctic krill [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsThe Southern Ocean ecosystem has undergone extensive changes in the past two centuries driven by industrial sealing and whaling, climate change and commercial fishing.
Matthew S. Savoca +6 more
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Japan's rejection of international norms against whaling [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2021 This research is intended to explain the reasons for Japan's rejection of the anti-whaling norms. To investigate this, a qualitative approach was used with document-based data methods, both primary and secondary.
Imawan Riswanda +2 more
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