Deplete Locally, Impact Globally: Environmental History of Shore- Whaling in Barbados, W.I.
"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 dat...
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ftdlc:oai:http://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu:10535/6766 2023-05-15T17:10:49+02:00 Deplete Locally, Impact Globally: Environmental History of Shore- Whaling in Barbados, W.I. Romero, Aldemaro Creswell, Joel E. Central America & Caribbean 2010 http://hdl.handle.net/10535/6766 English eng http://hdl.handle.net/10535/6766 The Open Conservation Biology Journal 4 19-27 whaling population depletion environment--history Fisheries Wildlife Journal Article published Case Study 2010 ftdlc 2021-03-11T16:18:07Z "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." Article in Journal/Newspaper Megaptera novaeangliae Indiana University: Digital Library of the Commons (DLC) |
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"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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Deplete Locally, Impact Globally: Environmental History of Shore- Whaling in Barbados, W.I. |
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Deplete Locally, Impact Globally: Environmental History of Shore- Whaling in Barbados, W.I. |
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