1874-8392/10 2010 Bentham Open Open Access Deplete Locally, Impact Globally: Environmental History of Shore- Whaling in Barbados, W.I.
Abstract: We give a detailed history of the exploitation of marine mammals in Barbados, which focused almost exclusively on humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). We have reconstructed this history to better understand the impacts of human activities on the marine environment. Based on historical...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.694.5982 2023-05-15T17:10:47+02:00 1874-8392/10 2010 Bentham Open Open Access Deplete Locally, Impact Globally: Environmental History of Shore- Whaling in Barbados, W.I. Aldemaro Romero Joel E. Creswell The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.694.5982 http://www.aromerojr.net/Publications/564.Barbados.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.694.5982 http://www.aromerojr.net/Publications/564.Barbados.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.aromerojr.net/Publications/564.Barbados.pdf Whaling humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae population depletion environmental history Barbados Caribbean text ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T18:34:26Z Abstract: We give a detailed history of the exploitation of marine mammals in Barbados, which focused almost exclusively on humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). We have reconstructed this history to better understand the impacts of human activities on the marine environment. Based on historical data, we demonstrate that whaling was a marginal activity financed by local elites who found it easy to transfer labor and tools from agricultural activities to shore-whaling. In spite of its marginal status, this activity not only depleted the local population of whales in a relatively short period of time, it also contributed to the species ’ global decline. Today, humpbacks can be considered locally absent. Barbados, like other former British colonies, exploited marine mammals through shore-whaling, unlike many Latin American nations, which pursued dolphin fisheries. Barbadian shore-whaling, like many other marine mammal exploitation practices elsewhere in the Caribbean, was heavily influenced by industrialized nations. This history provides important clues for whale management and recovery. Text Megaptera novaeangliae Unknown |
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Abstract: We give a detailed history of the exploitation of marine mammals in Barbados, which focused almost exclusively on humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). We have reconstructed this history to better understand the impacts of human activities on the marine environment. Based on historical data, we demonstrate that whaling was a marginal activity financed by local elites who found it easy to transfer labor and tools from agricultural activities to shore-whaling. In spite of its marginal status, this activity not only depleted the local population of whales in a relatively short period of time, it also contributed to the species ’ global decline. Today, humpbacks can be considered locally absent. Barbados, like other former British colonies, exploited marine mammals through shore-whaling, unlike many Latin American nations, which pursued dolphin fisheries. Barbadian shore-whaling, like many other marine mammal exploitation practices elsewhere in the Caribbean, was heavily influenced by industrialized nations. This history provides important clues for whale management and recovery. |
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