Whaling (28839 bytes)
1: [[Image:Whaling-french and dead whale.jpeg|right|thumb|The crew o...
2: '''Whaling''' is the hunting and killing of [[whale]]s. Hist...
4: ...6]] being the most important. The [[International Whaling Commission]] (IWC) was founded by the ICRW for th...
6: ...82]] to enter into a moratorium on all commercial whaling beginning in the 1985-86 season. Since [[1992]], ...
8: ==The history of whaling==

Aboriginal whaling (5399 bytes)
1: ...y [[aboriginal]] groups who have a tradition of [[whaling]].
3: ...) the [[International Whaling Commission]] allows whaling carried out by aboriginal groups if it occurs on ...
5: ...bjectives for the two. For aboriginal subsistence whaling these are to:''
14: ==Greenlandic whaling==
18: ...ublic more than even the prohibtion of commercial whaling.

Whaling in Japan (6214 bytes)
1: ...a thinly-disguised way of carrying out commercial whaling.
3: ...ttee is split roughly 50-50 on whether commercial whaling should recommence, the petition has not yet come ...
7: ... for scientific purposes. Those building the anti-whaling argument point out that the scientific catch used...
9: ...ei, since 1976) and is a consolidation of earlier whaling departments of Japanese fisheries. Kyodo Senpaku ...
11: ...ute, and both have repeatedly criticized Japanese whaling, and called for it to cease.

History of whaling (15961 bytes)
1: ...le discusses whaling prior to the "modern" era of whaling when [[conservation]] became an important interna...
7: Humans have engaged in whaling since pre-historic times. The oldest known method...
9: ...lled. Several cultures around the world practiced whaling with drogues, including the [[Inuit]], [[Native A...
19: ... over the centuries and varied in detail from one whaling nation to another, but essentially involved havin...
25: [[Image:Whaling-dangers of the whale fishery.jpeg|right|thumb|"Da...

Whaling in the Faroe Islands (5130 bytes)
1: ...lands''' is amongst the most controversial of all whaling operations currently occurring each year
8: ...ntic Sightings Survey in 1995. Those in favour of whaling, such as the [[North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commi...
10: ...have remained fairly steady. Those opposed to the whaling disagree ; saying that the technology used to cap...
13: ... sea tends to turn a spectacular bloody red. Anti-whaling campaigners are quick to use this vivid imagery t...
15: ... the hook inside the blow-hole of the whale. Anti-whaling groups such as Greenpeace and the WDCS have not b...

International Whaling Commission (6763 bytes)
1: ...s for whaling; controlling aboriginal subsistence whaling; and other measures.
3: ...whaling nations and their supporters and the anti-whaling nations.
5: ...ed an open ended [[moratorium]] on all commercial whaling in 1986. However the Convention grants special pe...
9: ...ntrast the votes went in the direction of the pro-whaling lobby, when the Commission rejected proposals to ...
17: ...ning the IWC and supporting Japanese positions on whaling.

International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (2427 bytes)
2: ...al agreement]]) signed in 1946 designed to make [[whaling]] sustainable.
4: ... '''International Agreement for the Regulation of Whaling''', signed in [[London]] on [[June 8]] [[1937]], ...
6: ...owed was the establishment of the [[International Whaling Commission]]. The commission has made many revisi...

Institute of Cetacean Research (846 bytes)
1: ... It has absorbed ships, crew and equipments of a whaling company which now look after the sale of whale me...
3: ...instutite of being a cover for Japan's commercial whaling.

High North Alliance (1449 bytes)
2: ...n umbrella organisation of several [[fishing]], [[whaling]] and [[Nordic]] [[municipal]] councils. The orga...
4: ...ny scientists to prohibit completely commercial [[whaling]], and, from more radical groups, calls to prohib...
6: ...moratorium, and responding to campaigns from anti-whaling groups such as the [[Whale and Dolphin Conservati...

John Balleny (252 bytes)
1: ... a [[whaling]] and sealing voyage for the English whaling firm [[Enderby Brothers]] to the [[Antarctica|ant...

Whaleboat (1282 bytes)
3: ...s equally well. It was originally developed for [[whaling]], and later became popular for work along [[beac...
5: ...n oar held over the [[stern]]. Whaleboats used in whaling had a stout post mounted in the bow, around which...
11: ...WhaleBoat.JPG|left|300px|thumb|Whaleboat aboard a whaling ship at Mystic Seaport]]

North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission (2405 bytes)
3: ...C morartorium which prohibits all (large species) whaling with a few specific exceptions.
5: Nations opposed to whaling, such as the [[United Kingdom]], do not recognise...
22: ...ition of NAMMCO's position from High North, a pro-whaling group]
23: ...E80256893005791DD A report from the WDCS, an anti-whaling organisation, questioning the legitimacy of NAMMC...

Charles W. Morgan (ship) (2177 bytes)
1: '''''Charles W. Morgan''''' was a [[whaling|whaling ship]] during the [[1800s]]. Ships of this type u...
4: In the 1840s, a [[Quaker]] whaling merchant named Charles W. Morgan ordered a whales...
19: ...[[petroleum]]. ''Morgan'' was under the care of [[Whaling Enshrined, Inc.]] untill [[1941]], when she was t...

Richard Ellis (975 bytes)
8: ...orers Club. He was U.S. delegate to International Whaling Commission.
10: ...Denver Museum of Natural History, the New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts, and Whaleworld, a museum...

Down to the Sea in Ships (1393 bytes)
1: ...s ([[J. Thornton Baston]]), who plan to steal the whaling ships to transport [[Africa|African]] gold.
3: ...terludes have quotes from [[Moby Dick]] and other whaling books.

Scrimshaw (3169 bytes)
1: ...er]]s, and survived until the ban on commercial [[whaling]]. The practice survives as a [[hobby]] and as a ...
4: ...on ships of sailors creating common tools, and on whaling ships the byproducts of whales were readily avali...
8: ...leisure activity for whalers. Because the work of whaling was very dangerous at the best of times, whalers ...
11: ...Dick]], refers to ''lively sketches of whales and whaling-scenes, graven by the fishermen themselves on Spe...
14: ... Museum]] in [[Connecticut]], and the [[Nantucket Whaling Museum]] in [[Massachusetts]]. Privately held ori...

Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (2995 bytes)
17: ...h as protesting at the Norwegian embassy) against whaling.
19: ...e Faroese people were being suppressed by the pro-whaling Government. The [[Advertising Standards Authority...

Sandefjord (2265 bytes)
24: .... The [[Gokstad]] ship copy ''Gaia'' and restored whaling ship ''Southern Actor'' currently has Sandefjord ...
28: ...s, through steam ships to one of Norway´s biggest whaling fleet. This fleet represented an income, and als...
35: * [http://www.hvalfangstmuseet.no/ Whaling Museum]

Red Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador (3056 bytes)
1: ...s history, including its heritage as a [[Basque]] whaling site in the 16th century c.e.
20: ...rs from southern France and northen Spain sent 15 whaling ships and 600 men a season to the remote outpost ...
22: ...y during a storm. Other, smaller vessels, such as whaling chalupas, have also been recovered from the water...
28: ...e stocks eventually led to the abandonment of the whaling site at Red Bay. Today, an interpretive center in...
31: ...www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/basque.html Basque whaling historical page]

Nujalik (221 bytes)
3: ...edna (deity)|Sedna]] is the god of sea hunting ([[whaling]], [[fishing]], etc.).

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