Sentence examples for before whaling from inspiring English sources

The number of humpback whales alive before whaling (pre-whaling abundance) was estimated using population models based on estimates of removal and present-day abundance to be between 21,000 and 24,000 whales [59], [60].

Dr. Branch, who was not associated with the song study, estimates that there are up to 25,000 blue whales, compared with perhaps 300,000 before whaling.

Before whaling, the largest population was in the Antarctic, numbering approximately 239,000 (range 202,000 to 311,000).

Marine biologists at the University of Utah examined these louse genes and determined their hosts split into three species 5 6 million years ago, and these species were all equally abundant before whaling began in the 11th century.

Before whaling, the slope of the abundance spectrum was not significantly different from 0, while in 2001, the slope was 2 (p<0.05, r2 = 0.83, n = 6).

Before whaling was banned by international treaties, whaling ships pursued blue whales to their preferred feeding grounds at the food-rich boundary between the Antarctic ice and sea.

A small wooded islet at the centre once housed the Whaler's Shrine at which the Mowachaht conducted purification rituals before going whaling - rituals so secret even John didn't know of their existence.

"Hull built all its wealth on the fishing industry, and on whaling before that," says Alan Johnson, the former home secretary and MP for West Hull and Hessle.

Japan had referred Newrep-A to the IWC's scientific committee, but started whaling before it could complete a review, she said, and accused Tokyo of sidelining the commission.

Commercial whaling during the 20th century killed some 22,000 animals annually, causing severe declines in almost all large whale species before most nations stopped whaling in 1986.

About the same time, the merchants of Nantucket Island, a whaling center since before 1700, moved to take control of the business by vertically integrating the harvesting, processing and distribution of oil and whalebone.