whaling
noun
whal·ing
ˈ(h)wā-liŋ 
: the occupation of catching and extracting commercial products from whales
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Once a whaling port, Nantucket has become a playground for the well-heeled.
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Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
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.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
In 1986: The International Whaling Commission voted for a moratorium on commercial whaling, a crucial step in the conservation of whale species worldwide.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 22 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
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Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
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.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
In 1986: The International Whaling Commission voted for a moratorium on commercial whaling, a crucial step in the conservation of whale species worldwide.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 22 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
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“Whaling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whaling. Accessed 5 Dec. 2025.
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