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Whale-Fishing. Facsimile of a Woodcut in the "Cosmographie Universelle" of Thevet, in folio: Paris, 1574.
A Whale Brought alongside a Ship, by the Scottish John Heaviside Clark, 1814. Flensing is in process.
Photo of a whaling station in Spitsbergen, Norway, 1907

This article discusses the history of whaling from prehistoric times up to the commencement of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) moratorium on commercial whaling in 1986. Whaling has been an important subsistence and economic activity in multiple regions throughout human history. Commercial whaling dramatically reduced in importance during the 19th century due to the development of alternatives to whale oil for lighting, and the collapse in whale populations. Nevertheless, some nations continue to hunt whales even today.

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History of whaling

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

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History of Basque whaling

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

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Whaling in Japan

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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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Whaling in Norway

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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

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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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Whaling in Iceland

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which exists in tension with the whaling industry. Ancient literature, such as the Norse sagas, does not reveal a history of whale fisheries in Iceland but...

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International Whaling Commission

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

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Bequia

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images of whales inscribed on our petroglyphs." There is a small whaling museum on the island chronicling local whaling's history. A feature of the Port...

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Aboriginal whaling

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

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Whaling in the Netherlands

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Whaling in the Netherlands was a centuries-long tradition. The history of Dutch whaling begins with 17th-century exploration of Arctic fishing grounds;...

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Harpoon

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

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Whaling in the United States

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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...

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Flensing

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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...

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Baleen whale

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

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Sperm whaling

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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...

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First sunrise

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first sunrise refers to the custom of observing the first sunrise of the year. Such a custom may be just an observation of the sunrise on a special day, or...

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Whale

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2015. "Timeline: The History of Whaling in America". American Experience. PBS. Archived from the original on 1 May 2010. "The Story of Navy Dolphins". Frontline...

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History of fishing

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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...

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Maritime history

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

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Whale meat

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little demand for whale meat, compared to farmed livestock. Commercial whaling, which has faced opposition for decades, continues today in very few countries...

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Bowhead whale

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longest-lived mammals, with the ability to reach an age of more than 200 years. The bowhead was an early whaling target. Their population was severely reduced before...

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Whaling in Australia

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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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Sea of Okhotsk

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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...

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Ancient maritime history

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single colonisation phase of Australia during prehistory.: 26–29  In the history of whaling, humans are believed to have begun whaling in Korea at least 6000...

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Wellerman

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songs. Wellerman Problems playing this file? See media help. The history of whaling in New Zealand stretches from the late eighteenth century to 1965...

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Right whale

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extinction during the active years of the whaling industry. However, this origin is questionable: in his history of American whaling, Eric Jay Dolin writes: Despite...

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