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MARC recordWhaling: a controversial industrial adventure / Bjørn L. Basberg.
| Title: | Whaling: a controversial industrial adventure / Bjørn L. Basberg. |
| Author(s): | Basberg, Bjørn L. |
| Date: | 2008. |
| Publisher: | Oslo: Schibsted Forlag |
| In: | Norway in the Antarctic : from conquest to modern science. (2008.), |
| Abstract: | Traces main outline of development of Antarctic whaling industry, including Larsen's Jason expeditions in 1890s and development of shore-based whaling on South Georgia; development of pelagic whaling by Larsen and Christensen in 1920s and 1930s; and decline of whaling industry from 1960s onwards. Provides overview of demand for products, and discusses ineffectiveness of quotas and catch restrictions on preventing overexploitation. |
| Notes: | In: Norway in the Antarctic : from conquest to modern science / Jan-Gunnar Winther, and 9 others. |
| Keywords: | 91(091) -- Exploration, history. 93"19" -- Twentieth century. 639.245.1 -- Whaling industry. 338.98 -- Fisheries, regulation. 639.38 -- Fish and marine mammal products. V -- History. (*7) -- Antarctic regions. (*58) -- Norway. |
| SPRI record no.: | 186530 |
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