whaling
noun
whal·ing
ˈ(h)wā-liŋ 
: the occupation of catching and extracting commercial products from whales
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Right whales were heavily hunted until the 1960s - when the International Whaling Commission began to ban commercial whaling - and landed on the endangered species list in 1970.
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N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
In the early days of the post-colonial United States, Long Island farms supplied New York City, while the whaling industry thrived in Sag Harbor.
—JSTOR Daily, 18 Oct. 2025
Humpback whales were once hunted nearly to extinction, but a moratorium on commercial whaling in 1985 allowed the species to make a comeback, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2025
When extrapolated to the size of the American whaling fleet of seven hundred and thirty-five ships in 1846 and a worldwide fleet of 900, the result is a prodigious tangle of rope.
—Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025
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N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
In the early days of the post-colonial United States, Long Island farms supplied New York City, while the whaling industry thrived in Sag Harbor.
—JSTOR Daily, 18 Oct. 2025
Humpback whales were once hunted nearly to extinction, but a moratorium on commercial whaling in 1985 allowed the species to make a comeback, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2025
When extrapolated to the size of the American whaling fleet of seven hundred and thirty-five ships in 1846 and a worldwide fleet of 900, the result is a prodigious tangle of rope.
—Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025
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“Whaling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whaling. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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