Sentences with phrase «whaling industry»

Sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis) populations were severely depleted by about 80 % during the commercial whaling industry of the mid-twentieth century, with most of the decline occurring in the Southern Hemisphere.

Chase grew up a poor son of a disgraced farmer who was born with sailing in his blood, while Pollard comes from an elite and wealthy Nantucket whaling industry family.

Once Hawaii's capital and the center of the global whaling industry, historic Lahaina rates as Maui's # 1 tourist destination.

This newly navigable icy Arctic sea route could be a major boon to the controversial whaling industry.

A century after the American whaling industry went into a dramatic decline, a whale's death has once again proved a boon to New Bedford.

Japan's recent decision to add two species to its scientific haul — which until now has targeted minke whales — has revived the question of whether the real purpose of the program is research, as Japan claims, or keeping the country's whaling industry alive.

Bridgeport enjoyed early success driven by the shipbuilding and whaling industries due to its centralized location on the Long Island Sound.

So all I'm saying is that none of the weak excuses of Japan's whaling industry matter, that whaling worldwide should be terminated completely.

Despite these exports, Norway's whaling industry remains a marginal business.

Today, six decades after the IWC formed, and a quarter century after its adoption of the moratorium, it is not only legally valid, but abundantly justified by current environmental circumstances, for the IWC to place greater emphasis on conservation rather than maintaining a commercial whaling industry which has so thoroughly run aground in terms of its acceptability to the global community.

At its 1857 peak, New England whaling industry employed over 10,000 men and a huge part of America's economy.

Other anthropogenic pressures, such as intensive fisheries and the past whaling industry (which principally targeted sperm whales, Physeter macrocephalus) might have triggered top - down effects.

One of the justifications the Japanese whaling industry gives for violating the international ban on whaling is that killing minke whales will help larger baleen whales recover.

Historic Lahaina was once the capital of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the center of the global whaling industry.

Listen up, ignorant Japanese whaling industry.

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.

«Part of our history is also whaling, for example, and the day came when the whaling industry stopped,» said Cleary, the MP for St. John's South - Mount Pearl.

There are, of course, some important differences between Australia's whaling industry and our current trade in live sheep and cattle.

Other economic pressures, including fuel costs, meant that in some ways, the whaling industry was likely sailing towards the end regardless of public opinion.

The old estimates were based on 20th - century data from the whaling industry itself, which estimated a worldwide sperm - whale population of about 1.8 million, a number that few scientists found credible.

Think back to the mid-1800s, when the United States was the leader in the whaling industry.

Lead author Dr Vanessa Richardson, from UEA's School of Environmental Sciences, said: «Slow growing and commercially valuable species of all kinds have been overexploited over the course of human history — just look at the whaling industry or fisheries.

That has been, and remains, a serious problem for the whaling industry.

Populations were vastly reduced by intensive harvesting during the active years of the whaling industry.

«It is widely understood that this project uses large amounts of tax monies to protect the interests of the whaling industry.»

These whales are a reminder of the scientific community's relationship with the whaling industry in the twentieth century.

I did however really appreciate learning about the whaling industry as well as what it's like to live life at sea.

Along with those stories, the book laid bare the intricacies of the whaling industry and the tight - knit community of Nantucket that formed its hub.

The details about the whaling industry in Nantucket and how oil was extracted from the huge creatures are fascinating, as are the facts and speculation about the physical and psychological ramifications the disaster had on the crew.

Depicting a culture that is a mystery to many, The Rathbones takes place among the whaling industry along the New England coast.

It follows the voyage of whaling ship in the 1850s, a time when the whaling industry is floundering.

Young, media - savvy, and with cameras in hand, they campaigned against the whaling industry and made front - page news.

The whaling station museum tells fascinating tales of Albany's whaling industry and you can take a cruise to meet whales up close.

Long before visitors began traveling to the Hawaiian Islands, the whaling industry was the primary source of income, and the town of Lahaina on Maui was in the center of all the action.

Danger beach, the other little beach of St James, was used in the whaling industry during the early 1800s, as a place to haul carcasses.

Known for its whaling industry throughout the archipelago until 1984, the main focus now is on watching rather than hunting the various species, which in season (Apr - Oct) range from sperm whales, to mighty blues, to bottlenose dolphins.

Whale watching has become a major pastime in Albany since the whaling industry ceased in 1978.

Discover A Whale's Tale, a featured exhibit at the Maritime Museum of BC that explores our ongoing fascination with the many different species of whales along our coast, our changing public attitudes and perceptions, the history of the whaling industry, and the ongoing challenges facing our coastal whale populations today.

D'Estrees Bay an historic area once home to the whaling industry and site of many shipwrecks.

D'Estrees Bay and historic area once home to the whaling industry and site of many shipwrecks.

Works such as The Vertigo Sea (2015), which was earlier displayed at Lisson Gallery, London, for example, focuses on horrendous acts of the whaling industry, marrying images from the intrusive phenomena with refugees» journeys across territorial and destructive oceans.

Vertigo Sea, a triptych video installation on show at the Arnolfini in Bristol, weaves the greed and horror of the whaling industry together with that of slavery and modern - day migration.

Fusing archival material, readings from classical sources and newly shot footage, Akomfrah's piece focuses on the disorder and cruelty of the whaling industry and juxtaposes it with scenes of many generations of migrants making epic crossings of the ocean for a better life.

Vertigo Sea juxtaposes horrific scenes of the whaling industry with shots of African migrants crossing the ocean in a journey fraught with danger in hopes of a «better life».

has garnered accolades for its unflinching look at historical maritime horrors ranging from the greed of the whaling industry to the cruelty of the slave trade, all while invoking the sublime beauty of the natural landscape.