Whaling

Whaling is the process of hunting of whales for their usable products such as meat and blubber, which can be turned into a type of oil which became increasingly important in the Industrial Revolution. It was practiced as an organized industry as early as 875 AD. By the 16th century, it had risen to be the principal industry in the coastal regions of Spain and France. The industry spread throughout the world, and became increasingly profitable in terms of trade and resources. Some regions of the world's oceans, along the animals' migration routes, had a particularly dense whale population, and …

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Western Australian Local Government Association · 18 September 2024 English

CHANGES AND AMENDMENTS Should a Regional Road Group agree to seek an amendment to the endorsed road development strategy this should be documented and endorsed by the State Road Funds …

tourist destinations. This road leads to the former whaling station at Cheyne Beach, the Waychinicup National


Oceans North · 13 September 2024 English

5 Summer 2024 Honouring the Water Issue the Beluga News Increasing our knowledge of Churchill’s beluga population Credit: Aaron Janzen Honouring the Water Indigenous Knowledge about the Belugas of Churchill …

advisory council before in Churchill in 1689, whaling took place are and how they being shared with the the local community.up until 1931. A whaling plant established in 1949 paid local hunters by the foot


Yoorrook Justice Commission · 6 September 2024 English

Took up some paddocks in the district and bought and sold and lost land, like a lot of early colonial settlers, and eventually accumulated a number of what are now …

that there would be good opportunities for 40 whaling in Portland Bay. I think it's very difficult to categorically whether the Hentys were actually whaling at that time but it certainly looks like they were indication in your research that suggests that whaling was particularly important at that time because that knowledge. 15 MR GOODWIN: The context of whaling on Gunditjmara Country is very important context


Climate Council · 5 September 2024 English

The Green Zone of the event can attract top talent to the is the centre of the ‘Action Agenda’ – the industry, helping us build a skilled workforce collective action …

traditional food international moratorium on commercial whaling sources. At the same time, First Nations peoples Australia supported a global moratorium on commercial whaling. In 1989, former Prime Minister Bob Hawke championed


DIIS: Dansk Institut for Internationale Studier · 4 September 2024 English

attention to Japan’s whaling, specifically the commercial whaling that resumed in July 2019. Japan stopped commercial whaling of large whales in the Antarctic in 1986-87 and coastal whaling by March 1988, following following decisions in the International Whaling Commission (IWC).

renewed attention to Japan’s whaling, specifically the commercial whaling that resumed in July 2019. stopped commercial whaling of large whales in the Antarctic in 1986-87 and coastal whaling by March 1988 1988, following decisions in the International Whaling Commission (IWC). With the stated aim of gaining knowledge to re-start commercial whaling, Japan conducted research whaling for ecological and resource data his release. KEY FINDINGS ■ Japan explains its whaling policy as serving science and extending cultural


CBD: Convention on Biological Diversity · 29 August 2024 English

Many native plant magnitude and intensity of floods and droughts; changes Biodiversity is vulnerable to climate change, as species, including eucalypts and acacias, have evolved in water quality and the …

International Convention vision of: for the Regulation of Whaling World Heritage Convention a world of living in


IGCC: UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation · 14 August 2024 English

While the decrease in the aggregate scores of democratic density might look the same, we expect that backsliding from a liberal democracy to an electoral democracy already changes the nature …

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IUCN: International Union for Conservation of Nature · 26 July 2024 Russian

The Global Species Action Plan (GSAP) is a critical initiative developed to support the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), to address the increasing biodiversity loss worldwide. The …

аборигенным промыслом китов (Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling Management Programme, ASWMP) МКК: научно обоснованное


Center for Biological Diversity · 26 July 2024 English

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They were decimated during the heyday of the whaling industry. Key threats include vessel strikes and


Save Our Marine Life · 24 July 2024 English

Cross sections of the Kerguelen Plateau (depth, m, with distance, km), showing the main features of the topographic relief of the plateau and the extent to which the current marine …

raising of the Union Flag, Captain Evensen, of the whaling ship Mangoro, established the United Kingdom’s Duhamel G. and Williams, R. (2011). History of whaling, sealing, fishery and aquaculture trials in the


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