The Great Whales: History and Status of Six Species Listed as Endangered Under the U.S. Endangered Species Act of 1973

In the history of whaling from prehistoric to modern times, the large whales, sometimes called the “great whales,” were hunted most heavily owing in part to their corresponding value in oil, meat, and baleen. Regional populations of North Atlantic right whales, Eubalaena glacialis glacialis, were al...

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Main Authors: Perry , Simona L., DeMaster, Douglas P., Silber , Gregory K.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 1999
Subjects:
Biology
Conservation
Ecology
Fisheries
Management
Eubalaena glacialis
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://aquaticcommons.org/9797/
http://spo.nwr.noaa.gov/mfr611/mfr611.htm
http://aquaticcommons.org/9797/1/mfr6111_6.pdf
http://aquaticcommons.org/9797/2/mfr6112_7_23.pdf
http://aquaticcommons.org/9797/3/mfr6113_24_37.pdf
http://aquaticcommons.org/9797/4/mfr6114_38_43.pdf
http://aquaticcommons.org/9797/5/mfr6115_44_51.pdf
http://aquaticcommons.org/9797/6/mfr6116_52_58.pdf
http://aquaticcommons.org/9797/7/mfr6117_59_74.pdf
http://aquaticcommons.org/9797/23/mfr6119_68-74_Literature.pdf
http://aquaticcommons.org/9797/24/mfr611_Webpage_complete.htm
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Summary:In the history of whaling from prehistoric to modern times, the large whales, sometimes called the “great whales,” were hunted most heavily owing in part to their corresponding value in oil, meat, and baleen. Regional populations of North Atlantic right whales, Eubalaena glacialis glacialis, were already decimated by 1700, and the North Atlantic gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus, was hunted to extinction by the early 1700’s (Mitchell and Mead1).

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