Sentences with phrase «species of whaler»

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If a species of whales becomes extinct while whalers become prosperous, the potential loss to human happiness is great, and only if greater human possibilities are created is the deed justified.

Eubalaena glacialis, the North Atlantic right whale — so - called by 18th century whalers because it was easy to kill and rich in valuable blubber — is one of three right whale species.

Growing to nearly 60 feet in length, the North Atlantic right whale was one of the first targets of the world's commercial whaling industry and was rapidly wiped out from the animal's coastal habitats in the Atlantic before whalers moved onto other species.

Divers can discover anything from small finds such as anemonefish, pipefish and shrimp / goby pairs to turtles, rays, groupers, Maori wrasse and several species of shark, including reefs, white tips and bronze whalers.

[40] A. B. Van Deinse points out that the «scrag whale», described by P. Dudley in 1725 as one of the species hunted by the early New England whalers, was almost certainly the gray whale.

The blue whale was too swift and powerful for the 19th century whalers to hunt, but with the arrival of harpoon cannons, they became a much sought after species for their large amounts of blubber.

The Protea Banks is rated as one of the best shark diving sites in the world, and it is often possible to see up to 5 species of sharks on a single dive including Zambezi [Bull] Sharks, Tiger Sharks, Hammerheads, Blacktip Sharks, Ragged - Tooth Sharks, Bronze Whalers, Giant Guitar Sharks and if you are lucky a passing Great White.

Sea Shepard, fresh off of a long - running operation to hinder the activities of Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean, have set their sights on protecting one of the ocean most threatened — yet frequently consumed — species of fish.

Consider a case study of substitution offered by some of the Breakthrough Institute scholars who signed the Ecomodernist Manifesto: the replacement of whale oil by fuels such as kerosene, which, they argue, helped spare many species of whales from extinction at the harpoons of the whalers in the nineteenth century.