Modern whaling in Britain and the north‐east Atlantic Ocean
Abstract Modern whaling, using an explosive harpoon fired from a steam catcher‐boat to kill the fast‐swimming rorquals, began from shore whaling stations in northern Norway in the 1860s. It spread to Iceland, the Faeroe Islands and Spitsbergen, before reaching the British Isles in 1903. Whaling took...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1365-2907.1976.tb00198.x 2024-06-02T08:09:25+00:00 Modern whaling in Britain and the north‐east Atlantic Ocean BROWN, SIDNEY G. 1976 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2907.1976.tb00198.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2907.1976.tb00198.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-2907.1976.tb00198.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Mammal Review volume 6, issue 1, page 25-36 ISSN 0305-1838 1365-2907 journal-article 1976 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2907.1976.tb00198.x 2024-05-03T11:48:13Z Abstract Modern whaling, using an explosive harpoon fired from a steam catcher‐boat to kill the fast‐swimming rorquals, began from shore whaling stations in northern Norway in the 1860s. It spread to Iceland, the Faeroe Islands and Spitsbergen, before reaching the British Isles in 1903. Whaling took place from four stations in the Shetland Islands, one in the Outer Hebrides, and two in Ireland, before the First World War. Fin whales were the main species caught but Blue, Humpback, Sei, Right, Sperm and Bottle‐nosed whales were also taken. Four stations re‐opened in 1920, but from 1923 onwards only two continued to operate and whaling ceased in 1929, though the Hebridean station worked again for two seasons in 1950–1951. The species composition of catches at the Hebridean and Irish stations was very similar and different from that of the stations in the Shetland Islands where few Blue whales and Right whales were taken. There is evidence that Fin whales were being overfished on the Shetland Islands whaling grounds at an early date, and that Blue whales and Right whales, but not Fin whales, declined in numbers on the Hebridean grounds. The history of modern whaling in the north‐east North Atlantic region as a whole indicates that the stocks of Blue, Humpback and Right whales were not large enough to support continuous whaling on the scale which took place there. The development of whaling since 1945 supports the view that there are separate populations of Fin whales in the region. The numbers of this species have declined on the whaling grounds of the Faeroe Islands and western Norway, and possibly also of north Norway, but not on the Icelandic grounds where there is no evidence of overfishing. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland North Atlantic North East Atlantic North Norway Northern Norway Spitsbergen Wiley Online Library Norway Mammal Review 6 1 25 36 |
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Abstract Modern whaling, using an explosive harpoon fired from a steam catcher‐boat to kill the fast‐swimming rorquals, began from shore whaling stations in northern Norway in the 1860s. It spread to Iceland, the Faeroe Islands and Spitsbergen, before reaching the British Isles in 1903. Whaling took place from four stations in the Shetland Islands, one in the Outer Hebrides, and two in Ireland, before the First World War. Fin whales were the main species caught but Blue, Humpback, Sei, Right, Sperm and Bottle‐nosed whales were also taken. Four stations re‐opened in 1920, but from 1923 onwards only two continued to operate and whaling ceased in 1929, though the Hebridean station worked again for two seasons in 1950–1951. The species composition of catches at the Hebridean and Irish stations was very similar and different from that of the stations in the Shetland Islands where few Blue whales and Right whales were taken. There is evidence that Fin whales were being overfished on the Shetland Islands whaling grounds at an early date, and that Blue whales and Right whales, but not Fin whales, declined in numbers on the Hebridean grounds. The history of modern whaling in the north‐east North Atlantic region as a whole indicates that the stocks of Blue, Humpback and Right whales were not large enough to support continuous whaling on the scale which took place there. The development of whaling since 1945 supports the view that there are separate populations of Fin whales in the region. The numbers of this species have declined on the whaling grounds of the Faeroe Islands and western Norway, and possibly also of north Norway, but not on the Icelandic grounds where there is no evidence of overfishing. |
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