Whaling in Norway involves hunting of minke whales for use as animal and human food in Norway and for export to Japan. Whale hunting has been a part of...
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Whaling is the hunting of whales for their usable products such as meat and blubber, which can be turned into a type of oil that was important in the...
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Japanese whaling, in terms of active hunting of whales, is estimated by the Japan Whaling Association to have begun around the 12th century. However, Japanese...
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(Japan) Whaling in Australia Whaling in Iceland Whaling in Japan Whaling in Norway "IWC Member countries and commissioners". International Whaling Commission...
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High North Alliance (category Whaling in Norway)
The High North Alliance (Norwegian: Høge Nord Alliansen) is an umbrella organisation of several fishing, whaling and Nordic municipal councils. The organisation...
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Atlantic. The French explorer Samuel de Champlain, when writing about Basque whaling in Terranova (i.e. Newfoundland), described them as "the cleverest men at...
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whaling from prehistoric times up to the commencement of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) moratorium on commercial whaling in 1986. Whaling...
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Whaling in Iceland began with spear-drift hunting as early as the 12th century, and continued in a vestigial form until the late 19th century, when other...
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Sandefjord (redirect from Sandefjord, Norway)
prosperous whaling industry, which made Sandefjord the richest city in Norway. Today, it has built up the third-largest merchant fleet in Norway. Sandefjord...
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The International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling is an international environmental agreement aimed at the "proper conservation of whale stocks...
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loss, and changes in CO2 emissions. The index notes over-exploitation of fisheries, but not Norway's whaling or oil exports. Norway had a 2019 Forest...
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explosive discharge to assist in whaling. In Norway, Japan, and Iceland, the use of these harpoons is commonplace. Norway created and utilises the most...
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Whaling in the Faroe Islands, or grindadráp (from the Faroese terms grindhvalur, meaning pilot whale, and dráp, meaning killing), is a type of drive hunting...
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Hvalur hf. (category Companies based in Reykjavík)
others. In 1948, the company purchased an American naval base at Hvalfjörður (Whale Fjord) and converted it into a whaling station. Norwegian crews were...
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Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (category Nature conservation organizations based in the United States)
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Lusekofte Rosemaling Norwegian Year of Cultural Heritage 2009 Sport in Norway Whaling in Norway Jante Law List of museums in Norway Norway's Culture. Encarta...
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Whaling in Australian waters began in 1791 when five of the 11 ships in the Third Fleet landed their passengers and freight at Sydney Cove and then left...
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Whaler (redirect from Whaling ships)
A whaler or whaling ship is a specialized vessel, designed or adapted for whaling: the catching or processing of whales. The term whaler is mostly historic...
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Sandefjord Museum (redirect from Commander Christen Christensen's Whaling Museum)
located in Sandefjord, Norway. It is dedicated to the whaling industry and is the only specialized museum on the subject of whales and whaling in Europe...
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islands as well as others in the Norwegian sea. The largest damage to the Norwegian Sea was caused by extensive fishing, whaling, and pollution. Other contamination...
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Whale conservation (redirect from Whaling controversy)
Migaloo". Whales On The Net. 2007. Marine conservation activism Whaling Whaling in Iceland Whaling in Japan Whaling in Norway Whaling in the Faroe Islands...
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Mjóifjörður (category Whaling in Norway)
village was a Norwegian whaling station. The village also hosted the Dalatangi light. It is often referred as the smallest village in the country, and...
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Tønsberg (redirect from Tønsberg, Norway)
in Norway.: 25 While whalers from Sandefjord established the first whaling station in the Faroe Islands, whalers from Tønsberg initiated whaling in Iceland...
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Anti-whaling refers to actions taken by those who seek to end whaling in various forms, whether locally or globally in the pursuit of marine conservation...
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Roads in Norway Whaling in Norway Water supply and sanitation in Norway Education in Norway Norway portal Europe portal Norway Index of Norway-related articles...
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recommence commercial whaling on certain species after a 6-year moratorium. In 2002, Norway announced that it would allow a whaling company to export 10...
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Chilean waters. Indigenous, Basque, New England, Norwegian and Japanese whaling traditions have been present in Chilean waters. Scavenging of whales may have...
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Coastal Party (redirect from Coastal Party (Norway))
The Coastal Party (Norwegian: Kystpartiet) is a regionalist, agrarian political party in Norway. The party has district, fishing and coastal issues among...
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Vestfold (redirect from Vestfold, Norway)
headquarters for the Norwegian whaling fleet, and Horten used to be Norway's main naval port. The coastal towns of Vestfold now engage in fishing and shipbuilding...
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of the population born in Norway to two foreign-born parents. The most common countries of birth of immigrants living in Norway were Poland (109,654),...
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