whaling
noun
whal·ing
ˈ(h)wā-liŋ 
: the occupation of catching and extracting commercial products from whales
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Whale barf aka ambergris has even been used in perfumes, medicines, and spices during commercial whaling’s heyday.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 June 2024
Analyzing a trove of 4,200 logbooks from New England whaling vessels, a group of researchers in New England has begun turning all those qualitative descriptions into quantitative data.
—Benjamin Cassidy, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 June 2024
Others come for whale watching in summer (the history of Azorean whaling can be studied at the Museum dos Baleeiros in Lajes) or some serious wine tasting.
—Mary Lussiana, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Aug. 2023
Like other whales, the species was driven nearly to extinction by commercial whaling in the 1800s.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 27 May 2024
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 June 2024
Analyzing a trove of 4,200 logbooks from New England whaling vessels, a group of researchers in New England has begun turning all those qualitative descriptions into quantitative data.
—Benjamin Cassidy, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 June 2024
Others come for whale watching in summer (the history of Azorean whaling can be studied at the Museum dos Baleeiros in Lajes) or some serious wine tasting.
—Mary Lussiana, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Aug. 2023
Like other whales, the species was driven nearly to extinction by commercial whaling in the 1800s.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 27 May 2024
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