#whaling — Public Fediverse posts

Handre: "The Soviet whaling fleet killed 180,000 whales between 1948 and 1973, delivering rotten carcasses that nobody wanted to eat. Soviet citizens had zero demand for whale meat. The ships hunted anyway, fulfilling quotas handed down from central planners who counted tons of dead whale as economic output. This was bureaucratic box-checking that nearly drove multiple whale species to extinction[...]" | nitter
https://nitter.net/Handre/status/2057564351779967348#m

#Communism #whaling #extinction

Handre: "The Soviet whaling fleet killed 180,000 whales between 1948 and 1973, delivering rotten carcasses that nobody wanted to eat. Soviet citizens had zero demand for whale meat. The ships hunted anyway, fulfilling quotas handed down from central planners who counted tons of dead whale as economic output. This was bureaucratic box-checking that nearly drove multiple whale species to extinction[...]" | nitter
https://nitter.net/Handre/status/2057564351779967348#m

#Communism #whaling #extinction

Handre: "The Soviet whaling fleet killed 180,000 whales between 1948 and 1973, delivering rotten carcasses that nobody wanted to eat. Soviet citizens had zero demand for whale meat. The ships hunted anyway, fulfilling quotas handed down from central planners who counted tons of dead whale as economic output. This was bureaucratic box-checking that nearly drove multiple whale species to extinction[...]" | nitter
https://nitter.net/Handre/status/2057564351779967348#m

#Communism #whaling #extinction

Handre: "The Soviet whaling fleet killed 180,000 whales between 1948 and 1973, delivering rotten carcasses that nobody wanted to eat. Soviet citizens had zero demand for whale meat. The ships hunted anyway, fulfilling quotas handed down from central planners who counted tons of dead whale as economic output. This was bureaucratic box-checking that nearly drove multiple whale species to extinction[...]" | nitter
https://nitter.net/Handre/status/2057564351779967348#m

#Communism #whaling #extinction

Handre: "The Soviet whaling fleet killed 180,000 whales between 1948 and 1973, delivering rotten carcasses that nobody wanted to eat. Soviet citizens had zero demand for whale meat. The ships hunted anyway, fulfilling quotas handed down from central planners who counted tons of dead whale as economic output. This was bureaucratic box-checking that nearly drove multiple whale species to extinction[...]" | nitter
https://nitter.net/Handre/status/2057564351779967348#m

#Communism #whaling #extinction

“The Captain of the Polestar” is possibly Doyle’s finest supernatural story – & owes much of its atmosphere to Doyle’s own experiences as a 20-year-old medical student, serving as ship’s surgeon on the Peterhead whaler the SS Hope

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https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/aug/06/arthurconandoyle-arctic

#Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #whaling #arctic #ArthurConanDoyle

“The Captain of the Polestar” is possibly Doyle’s finest supernatural story – & owes much of its atmosphere to Doyle’s own experiences as a 20-year-old medical student, serving as ship’s surgeon on the Peterhead whaler the SS Hope

14/

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/aug/06/arthurconandoyle-arctic

#Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #whaling #arctic #ArthurConanDoyle

“The Captain of the Polestar” is possibly Doyle’s finest supernatural story – & owes much of its atmosphere to Doyle’s own experiences as a 20-year-old medical student, serving as ship’s surgeon on the Peterhead whaler the SS Hope

14/

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/aug/06/arthurconandoyle-arctic

#Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #whaling #arctic #ArthurConanDoyle

“The Captain of the Polestar” is possibly Doyle’s finest supernatural story – & owes much of its atmosphere to Doyle’s own experiences as a 20-year-old medical student, serving as ship’s surgeon on the Peterhead whaler the SS Hope

14/

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/aug/06/arthurconandoyle-arctic

#Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #whaling #arctic #ArthurConanDoyle

“The Captain of the Polestar” is possibly Doyle’s finest supernatural story – & owes much of its atmosphere to Doyle’s own experiences as a 20-year-old medical student, serving as ship’s surgeon on the Peterhead whaler the SS Hope

14/

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/aug/06/arthurconandoyle-arctic

#Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #whaling #arctic #ArthurConanDoyle

Sea Stories

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://theorkneynews.scot/2026/05/19/sea-stories/

Re ubiquitous fish farming, #whaling by Japan, Iceland & Norway; plus scallop dredging & fly fishing, my WalkaboutsVerse #poem "On #Fishing Regulation": http://walkaboutsverse.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/walkaboutsverse-204-of-230.html

Re ubiquitous fish farming, #whaling by Japan, Iceland & Norway; plus scallop dredging & fly fishing, my WalkaboutsVerse #poem "On #Fishing Regulation": http://walkaboutsverse.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/walkaboutsverse-204-of-230.html

Global Outrage As Iceland Prepares To Resume Fin Whale Hunts Amid Rising Opposition

Global Outrage As Iceland Prepares To Resume Fin Whale Hunts Amid Rising Opposition – World Animal News Iceland…
#Iceland #IS #Europe #Europa #EU #CaptianPaulWatson #finwhales #iceland #island #IWC #japan #norway #ocean #PaulWatson #SeaShepherd #whales #whaling
https://www.europesays.com/2935876/

Global Outrage As Iceland Prepares To Resume Fin Whale Hunts Amid Rising Opposition https://www.byteseu.com/1953453/ #CaptianPaulWatson #FinWhales #Iceland #IWC #Japan #Norway #ocean #PaulWatson #SeaShepherd #whales #whaling

Norway Reopens Annual Whale Hunt Despite Pressure to End Commercial Whaling https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14042026/norway-reopens-commercial-whaling-despite-demand-decline/ 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Whaling #AnimalCruelty

Norway Reopens Annual Whale Hunt Despite Pressure to End Commercial Whaling https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14042026/norway-reopens-commercial-whaling-despite-demand-decline/ 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Whaling #AnimalCruelty

Norway Reopens Annual Whale Hunt Despite Pressure to End Commercial Whaling https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14042026/norway-reopens-commercial-whaling-despite-demand-decline/ 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Whaling #AnimalCruelty

Norway Reopens Annual Whale Hunt Despite Pressure to End Commercial Whaling https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14042026/norway-reopens-commercial-whaling-despite-demand-decline/ 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Whaling #AnimalCruelty

Norway Reopens Annual Whale Hunt Despite Pressure to End Commercial Whaling https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14042026/norway-reopens-commercial-whaling-despite-demand-decline/ 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Whaling #AnimalCruelty

World’s first physical evidence of legendary medieval whale trap found

Finally, what was written in historical accounts has materialized in physical evidence with major implications for Norwegian history:…
#Norway #NO #Europe #Europa #EU #archaeology #history #medievalwhaletrap #Noreg #Norge #norway #nyheter #whale #whaletrap #whaling
https://www.europesays.com/2865582/

Past intensive whaling threatens the future of bowhead whales https://phys.org/news/2026-03-intensive-whaling-threatens-future-bowhead.html 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Whaling

Past intensive whaling threatens the future of bowhead whales https://phys.org/news/2026-03-intensive-whaling-threatens-future-bowhead.html 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Whaling

Past intensive whaling threatens the future of bowhead whales https://phys.org/news/2026-03-intensive-whaling-threatens-future-bowhead.html 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Whaling

Past intensive whaling threatens the future of bowhead whales https://phys.org/news/2026-03-intensive-whaling-threatens-future-bowhead.html 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Whaling

Past intensive whaling threatens the future of bowhead whales https://phys.org/news/2026-03-intensive-whaling-threatens-future-bowhead.html 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Whaling

Taiji’s Drive Hunt Season Has Ended https://www.dolphinproject.org/blog/taijis-drive-hunt-season-has-ended/ 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins #Whales #Science #Whaling #AnimalCruelty #Taiji #AnimalAbuse #CaptivityKills

Taiji’s Drive Hunt Season Has Ended https://www.dolphinproject.org/blog/taijis-drive-hunt-season-has-ended/ 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins #Whales #Science #Whaling #AnimalCruelty #Taiji #AnimalAbuse #CaptivityKills

Taiji’s Drive Hunt Season Has Ended https://www.dolphinproject.org/blog/taijis-drive-hunt-season-has-ended/ 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins #Whales #Science #Whaling #AnimalCruelty #Taiji #AnimalAbuse #CaptivityKills

Taiji’s Drive Hunt Season Has Ended https://www.dolphinproject.org/blog/taijis-drive-hunt-season-has-ended/ 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins #Whales #Science #Whaling #AnimalCruelty #Taiji #AnimalAbuse #CaptivityKills

Taiji’s Drive Hunt Season Has Ended https://www.dolphinproject.org/blog/taijis-drive-hunt-season-has-ended/ 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins #Whales #Science #Whaling #AnimalCruelty #Taiji #AnimalAbuse #CaptivityKills

Huge 1,000-Year-Old Stone Structure Found Underwater in Norway May Be an Ancient Whale Trap https://arkeonews.net/huge-1000-year-old-stone-structure-found-underwater-in-norway-may-be-an-ancient-whale-trap/ 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Whaling

Huge 1,000-Year-Old Stone Structure Found Underwater in Norway May Be an Ancient Whale Trap https://arkeonews.net/huge-1000-year-old-stone-structure-found-underwater-in-norway-may-be-an-ancient-whale-trap/ 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Whaling

Huge 1,000-Year-Old Stone Structure Found Underwater in Norway May Be an Ancient Whale Trap https://arkeonews.net/huge-1000-year-old-stone-structure-found-underwater-in-norway-may-be-an-ancient-whale-trap/ 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Whaling

Huge 1,000-Year-Old Stone Structure Found Underwater in Norway May Be an Ancient Whale Trap https://arkeonews.net/huge-1000-year-old-stone-structure-found-underwater-in-norway-may-be-an-ancient-whale-trap/ 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Whaling

Huge 1,000-Year-Old Stone Structure Found Underwater in Norway May Be an Ancient Whale Trap https://arkeonews.net/huge-1000-year-old-stone-structure-found-underwater-in-norway-may-be-an-ancient-whale-trap/ 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Whaling

#Whaling may have started 1,500 years earlier than already known
Evidence for early whaling in #Brazil shows that #Indigenous people hunted #whales 5,000 years ago
The findings not only rewrite the origins of whaling, but also suggest that #humpbackwhales once lived outside their modern range. Until now, scientists believed organized whaling originated between 3,500-2,500 years ago in the Arctic and North Pacific, driven by food scarcity in extreme northern environments.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/whaling-brazil-1500-years-earlier

#Whaling may have started 1,500 years earlier than already known
Evidence for early whaling in #Brazil shows that #Indigenous people hunted #whales 5,000 years ago
The findings not only rewrite the origins of whaling, but also suggest that #humpbackwhales once lived outside their modern range. Until now, scientists believed organized whaling originated between 3,500-2,500 years ago in the Arctic and North Pacific, driven by food scarcity in extreme northern environments.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/whaling-brazil-1500-years-earlier

#Whaling may have started 1,500 years earlier than already known
Evidence for early whaling in #Brazil shows that #Indigenous people hunted #whales 5,000 years ago
The findings not only rewrite the origins of whaling, but also suggest that #humpbackwhales once lived outside their modern range. Until now, scientists believed organized whaling originated between 3,500-2,500 years ago in the Arctic and North Pacific, driven by food scarcity in extreme northern environments.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/whaling-brazil-1500-years-earlier

#Whaling may have started 1,500 years earlier than already known
Evidence for early whaling in #Brazil shows that #Indigenous people hunted #whales 5,000 years ago
The findings not only rewrite the origins of whaling, but also suggest that #humpbackwhales once lived outside their modern range. Until now, scientists believed organized whaling originated between 3,500-2,500 years ago in the Arctic and North Pacific, driven by food scarcity in extreme northern environments.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/whaling-brazil-1500-years-earlier

#Whaling may have started 1,500 years earlier than already known
Evidence for early whaling in #Brazil shows that #Indigenous people hunted #whales 5,000 years ago
The findings not only rewrite the origins of whaling, but also suggest that #humpbackwhales once lived outside their modern range. Until now, scientists believed organized whaling originated between 3,500-2,500 years ago in the Arctic and North Pacific, driven by food scarcity in extreme northern environments.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/whaling-brazil-1500-years-earlier

https://www.europesays.com/dk/34188/ New Video Documents the Reality of the Faroe Islands Grindadrap — Sea Shepherd Conservation Society #conservation #drone #FaroeIslands #grind #grindadráp #GulfOfAmerica #illegal #IllegalFishing #industry #intercept #MarineProtextedArea #navy #NightVision #ocean #SeaShepherd #vaquita #whaling

Re ubiquitous fish farming, #whaling by Japan, Iceland & Norway; plus scallop dredging & fly fishing, my WalkaboutsVerse #poem "On #Fishing Regulation": http://walkaboutsverse.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/walkaboutsverse-204-of-230.html

Indigenous communities in southern Brazil hunted large whales 5,000 years ago

The first clue sits in a museum drawer, not on a windswept Arctic shore. It is a whale…
#NewsBeep #News #Science #Arctic #AU #Australia #GlobalGoodNews #HistoricalArtifacts #NewDiscoveries #research #Sambaqui #Shell #Whales #whaling
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/491281/

NGOs condemn Norway’s increased 2026 whaling quota https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/ngo-s-condemn-norway-s-increased-2026-whaling-quota/ 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Whaling #AnimalWelfare #AnimalCruelty

NGOs condemn Norway’s increased 2026 whaling quota https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/ngo-s-condemn-norway-s-increased-2026-whaling-quota/ 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Whaling #AnimalWelfare #AnimalCruelty

NGOs condemn Norway’s increased 2026 whaling quota https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/ngo-s-condemn-norway-s-increased-2026-whaling-quota/ 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Whaling #AnimalWelfare #AnimalCruelty

NGOs condemn Norway’s increased 2026 whaling quota https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/ngo-s-condemn-norway-s-increased-2026-whaling-quota/ 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Whaling #AnimalWelfare #AnimalCruelty

NGOs condemn Norway’s increased 2026 whaling quota https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/ngo-s-condemn-norway-s-increased-2026-whaling-quota/ 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Whaling #AnimalWelfare #AnimalCruelty

In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex "Fascinating...One of our country's great adventure stories..." Sale: $21 to $1.99 by Nathaniel Philbrick Rating: 4.5/5 (7,737 Reviews) #history #maritime #survival #whaling #Nantucket #nonfiction #adventure #BookSky

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