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Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos, 2022 Modern whaling, originating in northern Norway, will spread throughout the world's oceans in the 20th century, especially after World War II. Whaling mechanics has two well-defined stages: the pursuit and death of cetaceans and the processing of their ...
Daniel Quiroz
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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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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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Genomic Impact of Whaling in North Atlantic Fin Whales
Molecular biology and evolution, 2022 It is generally recognized that large-scale whaling in the 19th and 20th century led to a substantial reduction of the size of many cetacean populations, particularly those of the baleen whales (Mysticeti).
M. Wolf +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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Late Iron Age Whaling in Scandinavia
Journal of Maritime Archaeology, 2022 The use of marine mammal bone as a raw material in the manufacturing of gaming pieces in the Scandinavian late Iron Age has been observed and discussed in recent years. New empirical studies have created a chronology as well as a typology showing how the
Andreas Hennius +8 more
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Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos, 2022 In the following article, the results of an investigation on the whaling activity carried out in Paita during the second half of the 20th century are presented, a period in which several companies operated in the same place: Compañía Ballenera del Norte (
Gastón Carreño
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What's the catch? Validity of whaling data for Japanese catches of sperm whales in the North Pacific [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2015 The failure of international efforts to manage commercial whaling was exemplified by revelations of large-scale illegal whale catches by the USSR over a 30 year period following World War II.
Yulia V. Ivashchenko +1 more
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Historical Trends of Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) Distribution in the Phoenix Archipelago
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 The Phoenix Archipelago in the Central Pacific is situated in what was once one of the most productive areas for capturing sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus).
Brian R. C. Kennedy +8 more
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Greenland sharks (Somniosus microcephalus) scavenge offal from minke (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) whaling operations in Svalbard (Norway) [PDF]
Polar Research, 2011 Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) tissue (mainly blubber) was found in the gastrointestinal tracks of Greenland sharks (Somniosus microcephalus) collected in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, Norway.
Lisa-Marie Leclerc +5 more
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