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The genomic footprint of whaling and isolation in fin whale populations [PDF]

Nature Communications, 2023
Twentieth century industrial whaling pushed several species to the brink of extinction, with fin whales being the most impacted. However, a small, resident population in the Gulf of California was not targeted by whaling.
Sergio F. Nigenda-Morales, Meixi Lin, Paulina G. Nuñez-Valencia, Christopher C. Kyriazis, Annabel C. Beichman, Jacqueline A. Robinson, Aaron P. Ragsdale, Jorge Urbán R., Frederick I. Archer, Lorena Viloria-Gómora, María José Pérez-Álvarez, Elie Poulin, Kirk E. Lohmueller, Andrés Moreno-Estrada, Robert K. Wayne   +14 more
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Current global population size, post-whaling trend and historical trajectory of sperm whales

Scientific Reports, 2022
The sperm whale lives in most deep ice-free waters of the globe. It was targeted during two periods of whaling peaking in the 1840’s and 1960’s. Using a habitat suitability model, we extrapolated estimates of abundance from visual and acoustic surveys to
Hal Whitehead, Megan Shin
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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, Mark Peter Simmonds, Barbara Galletti Vernazzani   +2 more
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Artisanal and Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Eastern Caribbean): History, Catch Characteristics, and Needs for Research and Management

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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The prelude to industrial whaling: identifying the targets of ancient European whaling using zooarchaeology and collagen mass-peptide fingerprinting. [PDF]

R Soc Open Sci, 2023
Taxonomic identification of whale bones found during archaeological excavations is problematic due to their typically fragmented state. This difficulty limits understanding of both the past spatio-temporal distributions of whale populations and of ...
van den Hurk Y, Sikström F, Amkreutz L, Bleasdale M, Borvon A, Ephrem B, Fernández-Rodríguez C, Gibbs HMB, Jonsson L, Lehouck A, Cedeira JM, Meng S, Monge R, Moreno M, Nabais M, Nores C, Pis-Millán JA, Riddler I, Schmölcke U, Segschneider M, Speller C, Vretemark M, Wickler S, Collins M, Nadeau MJ, Barrett JH.   +25 more
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On the edges of extinction: Indigenous whaling governance, the 1977 “bowhead controversy” and its legacy [PDF]

Cambridge Prisms: Extinction
In 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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A review of post-whaling abundance, trends, changes in distribution and migration patterns, and supplementary feeding of Southern Hemisphere humpback whales

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023
Southern Hemisphere humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) were heavily targeted during modern commercial whaling operations, with some 216,000 individuals killed between 1903 and 1973.
Elisa Seyboth, Elisa Seyboth, Jan-Olaf Meynecke, Jan-Olaf Meynecke, Jan-Olaf Meynecke, Jan-Olaf Meynecke, Jasper de Bie, Jasper de Bie, Jasper de Bie, Jasper de Bie, Alakendra Roychoudhury, Ken Findlay   +11 more
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A treasure from the past: Former sperm whale distribution in Indonesian waters unveiled using distribution models and historical whaling data

Journal of Biogeography, 2020
This study is the first in Indonesia to assess historical sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) seasonal distributions by combining historical whaling data with environmental factors associated with sperm whale habitat preferences.
Achmad Sahri, Mochamad Iqbal Herwata Putra, Putu Liza Kusuma Mustika   +2 more
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Whale recovery and the emerging human-wildlife conflict over Antarctic krill [PDF]

Nature Communications
The 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, Mehr Kumar, Zephyr Sylvester, Max F. Czapanskiy, Bettina Meyer, Jeremy A. Goldbogen, Cassandra M. Brooks   +6 more
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Japanese Small Type Coastal Whaling

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2016
2016 marks the 70th anniversary of the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW) as well as the 30th anniversary of the International Whaling Commission’s (IWC) moratorium on commercial whaling.
Sue Fisher
exaly   +3 more sources