whaling
noun
whal·ing
ˈ(h)wā-liŋ 
: the occupation of catching and extracting commercial products from whales
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Hudson, New York About two hours north of Manhattan, Hudson has transformed from a 19th-century whaling port into one of the Hudson Valley’s most design-centric small cities.
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Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2026
Last year, researchers reported one of the lowest counts of adults since the 1970s — which was not long after protections to ban the commercial whaling industry were put in place.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 5 Mar. 2026
The Mystic Seaport, the nation's largest maritime museum, has three large ships, including the Morgan, the last remaining wooden whaling ship from the 19th century American merchant fleet.
—ABC News, 24 Feb. 2026
The recording dates to a time when the North Atlantic Ocean’s humpback whales were struggling because of decades of commercial whaling.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2026
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Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2026
Last year, researchers reported one of the lowest counts of adults since the 1970s — which was not long after protections to ban the commercial whaling industry were put in place.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 5 Mar. 2026
The Mystic Seaport, the nation's largest maritime museum, has three large ships, including the Morgan, the last remaining wooden whaling ship from the 19th century American merchant fleet.
—ABC News, 24 Feb. 2026
The recording dates to a time when the North Atlantic Ocean’s humpback whales were struggling because of decades of commercial whaling.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2026
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“Whaling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whaling. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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