California's Whaling Coast
epub | 28.36 MB | English | Author :Dale Vinnedge | 1467131717 | 2014 | Arcadia Publishing

Book Description :

Yankee whaling, shore whaling, and modern whaling were sometimes occurring simultaneously. Each type of whaling went through periods of discovery, stability, and then a gradual decrease as the products lost their markets or the number of whales began to wane as some species moved toward commercial if not actual extinction due to over-fishing. Small whaling operations from California, called shore whaling, continued from the 1850s until Secretary of Commerce Maurice Stans (1969-1972) whistled down the industry in 1971.

Category : | History of Western U.S., Ecology of Marine Life