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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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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2002
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Online Access: | http://aquaticcommons.org/9745/ http://spo.nwr.noaa.gov/mfr641/mfr6411.pdf http://aquaticcommons.org/9745/1/mfr6411.pdf |