Humpback and Fin Whaling in the Gulf of Maine from 1800 to 1918
The history of whaling in the Gulf of Maine was reviewed primarily to estimate removals of humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, especially during the 19th century. In the decades from 1800 to 1860, whaling effort consisted of a few localized, small-scale, shore-based enterprises on the coast of...
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ftaquaticcommons:oai:generic.eprints.org:9745 2023-05-15T15:36:40+02:00 Humpback and Fin Whaling in the Gulf of Maine from 1800 to 1918 Reeves, Randall R. Smith, Ted D. Webb, Robert L. Robbins, Jooke Clapham, Phillip J. 2002 application/pdf http://aquaticcommons.org/9745/ http://spo.nwr.noaa.gov/mfr641/mfr6411.pdf http://aquaticcommons.org/9745/1/mfr6411.pdf en eng http://aquaticcommons.org/9745/1/mfr6411.pdf Reeves, Randall R. and Smith, Ted D. and Webb, Robert L. and Robbins, Jooke and Clapham, Phillip J. (2002) Humpback and Fin Whaling in the Gulf of Maine from 1800 to 1918. Marine Fisheries Review, 64(1), pp. 1-12. Biology Conservation Ecology Fisheries Article PeerReviewed 2002 ftaquaticcommons 2020-02-27T09:23:51Z The history of whaling in the Gulf of Maine was reviewed primarily to estimate removals of humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, especially during the 19th century. In the decades from 1800 to 1860, whaling effort consisted of a few localized, small-scale, shore-based enterprises on the coast of Maine and Cape Cod, Mass. Provincetown and Nantucket schooners occasionally conducted short cruises for humpback whales in New England waters. With the development of bomb-lance technology at mid century, the ease of killing humpback whales and fin whales, Balaenoptera physalus, increased. As a result, by the 1870’s there was considerable local interest in hunting rorquals (baleen whales in the family Balaenopteridae, which include the humpback and fin whales) in the Gulf of Maine. A few schooners were specially outfitted to take rorquals in the late 1870’s and 1880’s although their combined annual take was probably no more than a few tens of whales. Also in about 1880, fishing steamers began to be used to hunt whales in the Gulf of Maine. This steamer fishery grew to include about five vessels regularly engaged in whaling by the mid 1880’s but dwindled to only one vessel by the end of the decade. Fin whales constituted at least half of the catch, which exceeded 100 animals in some years. In the late 1880’s and thereafter, few whales were taken by whaling vessels in the Gulf of Maine. Article in Journal/Newspaper Balaenoptera physalus baleen whales Megaptera novaeangliae International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and Information Centers (IAMSLIC): Aquatic Commons Nantucket ENVELOPE(-61.917,-61.917,-74.583,-74.583) |
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The history of whaling in the Gulf of Maine was reviewed primarily to estimate removals of humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, especially during the 19th century. In the decades from 1800 to 1860, whaling effort consisted of a few localized, small-scale, shore-based enterprises on the coast of Maine and Cape Cod, Mass. Provincetown and Nantucket schooners occasionally conducted short cruises for humpback whales in New England waters. With the development of bomb-lance technology at mid century, the ease of killing humpback whales and fin whales, Balaenoptera physalus, increased. As a result, by the 1870’s there was considerable local interest in hunting rorquals (baleen whales in the family Balaenopteridae, which include the humpback and fin whales) in the Gulf of Maine. A few schooners were specially outfitted to take rorquals in the late 1870’s and 1880’s although their combined annual take was probably no more than a few tens of whales. Also in about 1880, fishing steamers began to be used to hunt whales in the Gulf of Maine. This steamer fishery grew to include about five vessels regularly engaged in whaling by the mid 1880’s but dwindled to only one vessel by the end of the decade. Fin whales constituted at least half of the catch, which exceeded 100 animals in some years. In the late 1880’s and thereafter, few whales were taken by whaling vessels in the Gulf of Maine. |
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Humpback and Fin Whaling in the Gulf of Maine from 1800 to 1918 |
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Humpback and Fin Whaling in the Gulf of Maine from 1800 to 1918 |
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Humpback and Fin Whaling in the Gulf of Maine from 1800 to 1918 |
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Humpback and Fin Whaling in the Gulf of Maine from 1800 to 1918 |
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Humpback and Fin Whaling in the Gulf of Maine from 1800 to 1918 |
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humpback and fin whaling in the gulf of maine from 1800 to 1918 |
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http://aquaticcommons.org/9745/1/mfr6411.pdf Reeves, Randall R. and Smith, Ted D. and Webb, Robert L. and Robbins, Jooke and Clapham, Phillip J. (2002) Humpback and Fin Whaling in the Gulf of Maine from 1800 to 1918. Marine Fisheries Review, 64(1), pp. 1-12. |
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