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Whaling
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Defending Our Oceans: Whaling 
 Background about the impact of the whaling industry on whale populations and on the health of the oceans. Includes links to news on topics such Iceland's resumption of commercial whaling activities in 2006 (after a 17-year hiatus), and activities of the International Whaling Commission (IWC). From Greenpeace. http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/oceans/whaling Topics: Industries, Mammals Last updated Dec 11, 2007 Faroe Islands: Message From the Sea
Companion website to a 2007 PBS Frontline World program about a "landmark 20-year study of Faroese children [that] has found that high levels of methyl mercury and other contaminants in the whale meat are harmful to a child's neurological development." Provides background about the Faroe Islands (a "self-governing protectorate of Denmark") and its history of whale hunting, whaling policy, mercury, and related topics. Also includes a photo essay and sound clips of Faroese music. http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/faroe605/ Topics: Country Studies by Continent, Industries, Pollutants & Toxic Substances Last updated Jul 23, 2007 Heroes in the Ships: African Americans in the Whaling Industry
This site tells the story of the black and Creole mariners who by 1900 constituted the majority of the labor force in the New England whaling industry. Illustrated with a number of historic photographs. From the Kendall Institute of the New Bedford Whaling Museum, Massachusetts. http://www.whalingmuseum.org/library/heros/index_h.html Topics: Black Resources, Industries, Mammals, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife Last updated Jun 28, 2009 International Whaling Commission
This commission's purpose is to "provide for the proper conservation of whale stocks and thus make possible the orderly development of the whaling industry." This site provides access to publications, scientific advice, basic whale information, conservation and management issues, and organization information. Searchable. http://www.iwcoffice.org/ Topics: Agriculture, Fish, Reptiles, & Amphibians, Industries, Mammals Last updated May 19, 2004 New Bedford Whaling Museum
This museum "is the largest museum in America devoted to the history of the American whaling industry and its greatest port" in Massachusetts. Its site features databases of online collections (objects, photos, and logbooks), an overview of museum exhibits, and links to online exhibits, such as on the photos of sailboats by Norman Fortier and paintings of sailing ships and Arctic seas by William Bradford. http://www.whalingmuseum.org/ Topics: Industries Last updated Jul 25, 2007 |
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