the history of whaling from prehistoric times up to the commencement of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) moratorium on commercial whaling in...

corners of the North Atlantic and even reaching the South Atlantic. The French explorer Samuel de Champlain, when writing about Basque whaling in Terranova...

Aboriginal whaling or indigenous whaling is the hunting of whales by indigenous peoples recognised by either IWC (International Whaling Commission) or...

of a 19th-century whaler on his first voyage, and who would typically have the smallest "lay", or share, in the profits. Whaling History of Whaling "New...

Whaling is the hunting of whales for their products such as meat and blubber, which can be turned into a type of oil that was important in the Industrial...

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...

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...

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...

island's name was also 'Becouya' as part of the Grenadines. Bequia has a history of whaling which was introduced by the Yankee whalers in the 19th century. Its...

the history of whaling in the Hawaiian Islands, based in Nantucket, Massachusetts, from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. Some members of the...

its last whaler, the John R. Mantra, in 1927. The whaling industry was engaged with the production of three different raw materials: whale oil, spermaceti...

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...

important part of the history of whaling. The whaling that still continues in the 21st century is both industrial and aboriginal. In aboriginal whaling the blubber...

Sperm whaling is the human practice of hunting sperm whales, the largest toothed whale and the deepest-diving marine mammal species, for the oil, meat...

Regulation of Whaling (ICRW) to "provide for the proper conservation of whale stocks and thus make possible the orderly development of the whaling industry"...

Fish: A Brief History of Whaling". National Geographic. Retrieved 25 January 2016. Ford, Catherine (2015). "A Savage History: Whaling in the South Pacific...

fishing, whaling, international maritime law, naval history, the history of ships, ship design, shipbuilding, the history of navigation, the history of the...

Bockstoce, John (1986). Whales, Ice, & Men: The History of Whaling in the Western Arctic. University of Washington Press. ISBN 0-295-97447-8. Jabr, Ferris...

in the history of whaling, vessels had no means to process blubber at sea and had to bring it into port for processing. Later, though, whaling vessels...

A harpoon is a long, spear-like projectile used in fishing, whaling, sealing, and other hunting to shoot, kill, and capture large fish or marine mammals...

 'Whale') is an Icelandic commercial whaling and holding company. Hvalur hf. was founded in 1947 as a commercial whaling company by Loftur Bjarnason and Vilhjálmur...

Wellerman" Computer-generated rendition of "Wellerman" tune Problems playing these files? See media help. The history of whaling in New Zealand stretches from the...

The history of Dutch whaling begins with 17th-century exploration of Arctic fishing grounds; and the profitability of whaling in the 18th century drove...

The Arctic Circle is one of the two polar circles, and the northernmost of the five major circles of latitude as shown on maps of Earth at about 66° 34'...

a type of biome where tree growth is hindered by frigid temperatures and short growing seasons. There are three regions and associated types of tundra:...

(2007). Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America. W. W. Norton. pp. 98–100. ISBN 978-0-393-06057-7. Starbuck, A. (1878). History of the American Whale...

of Fort Cochin," from 'Das Buch der Welt', Stuttgart, 1842–48 Winslow Homer Angling Artisanal fishing History of seafood History of whaling List of fishing...

had previously derived from whaling. The lives of Paleo-Eskimos of the far north were largely unaffected by the arrival of visiting Norsemen except for...

Bedford, Massachusetts, and recognizes the contributions of Alaska Natives to the history of whaling. It houses exhibits, artifact collections, a library...

that have been historically threatened by human activities, particularly whaling. The ongoing conservation efforts involve complex debates surrounding whale...