whaling
noun
whal·ing
ˈ(h)wā-liŋ 
: the occupation of catching and extracting commercial products from whales
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The population rebounded after a moratorium on commercial whaling was enacted in the 1980s.
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Michael H Gavshon, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
Prior to the 1986 global ban on commercial whaling, marine biologists estimated only around 10,000 of the marine animals still existed around the world.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 8 Apr. 2026
The original home, a classic brick-and-clapboard New England Colonial in Edgartown’s historic downtown district, dates to 1835, when the tiny village was a major whaling port.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2026
Nineteenth-century whaling brought seafarers to the area, along with the first attempts to Christianize the Inuit children.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
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Michael H Gavshon, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
Prior to the 1986 global ban on commercial whaling, marine biologists estimated only around 10,000 of the marine animals still existed around the world.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 8 Apr. 2026
The original home, a classic brick-and-clapboard New England Colonial in Edgartown’s historic downtown district, dates to 1835, when the tiny village was a major whaling port.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2026
Nineteenth-century whaling brought seafarers to the area, along with the first attempts to Christianize the Inuit children.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
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“Whaling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whaling. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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