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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 genomic footprint of whaling and isolation in fin whale populations
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 +14 more
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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 +11 more
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Royal Society Open Science, 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 ...
Youri van den Hurk +25 more
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J. Cetacean Res. Manage., 2023 North Pacific right whales (Eubalaena japonica) were extensively exploited in the 19th century, and their recovery was further retarded (severely so in the eastern population) by illegal Soviet catches in the 20th century, primarily in the 1960s. Monthly
P. Clapham +3 more
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2023 Significance Assessing change in Southern Ocean ecosystems is challenging due to its remoteness. Large-scale datasets that allow comparison between present-day conditions and those prior to large-scale ecosystem disturbances caused by humans (e.g ...
Solène Derville +35 more
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Return of large fin whale feeding aggregations to historical whaling grounds in the Southern Ocean
Scientific Reports, 2022 Fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus quoyi) of the Southern Hemisphere were brought to near extinction by twentieth century industrial whaling. For decades, they had all but disappeared from previously highly frequented feeding grounds in Antarctic waters ...
H. Herr +8 more
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History of whaling in Trinidad and Tobago
J. Cetacean Res. Manage., 2023 Shore whaling for humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Trinidad represents a largely overlooked aspect of North Atlantic whaling history. Literature and archival sources were searched for information on the chronology, nature and extent of this ...
R. Reeves +4 more
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History of whaling in Annobón, Equatorial Guinea, and new evidence of its continued occurrence
The Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, 2021 A regular, though infrequent, artisanal whaling operation targeting humpback whales has been known to occur from the West African island of Annobón, Equatorial Guinea, since the late 18th century.
Russell Fielding, Christian Barrientos
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Diversity of mitochondrial DNA in three species of great whales before and after modern whaling.
Journal of Heredity, 2023 The 20 th century commercial whaling industry severely reduced populations of great whales throughout the Southern Hemisphere. The effect of this exploitation on genetic diversity and population structure remains largely undescribed. Here, we compare pre-
A. Sremba +14 more
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