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Categorisation of the length of bowhead whales from British Arctic whaling records
British whalers were the first and last from Europe to hunt bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) commercially from the Arctic whaling grounds of the Greenland Sea (East Greenland-Svalbard-Barents stock) and Davis Strait (East Canada-West Greenland stock).
Jeremy Wilkinson+8 more
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Japan's whaling is unscientific [PDF]
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Brierley, A.S. (Andrew S.)+31 more
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Indigenous Whaling Tradition in Faroe Islands under International Law
The issue of whaling has been extensively debated in various international occasions since it causes a declines in many of the world’s whale population. Presently, Faroe Islands is one of the few regions in Denmark that still adamantly practiced whaling ...
Olivia Martha Setyonugroho+2 more
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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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Spatial and seasonal distribution of American whaling and whales in the age of sail. [PDF]
American whalemen sailed out of ports on the east coast of the United States and in California from the 18(th) to early 20(th) centuries, searching for whales throughout the world's oceans.
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South Georgia blue whales five decades after the end of whaling
Blue whales Balaenoptera musculus at South Georgia were heavily exploited during 20th century industrial whaling, to the point of local near-extirpation. Although legal whaling for blue whales ceased in the 1960s, and there were indications of blue whale
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An integrated approach to historical population assessment of the great whales: case of the New Zealand southern right whale [PDF]
Accurate estimation of historical abundance provides an essential baseline for judging the recovery of the great whales. This is particularly challenging for whales hunted prior to twentieth century modern whaling, as population-level catch records are ...
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