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MARC recordThe changing status and distribution of whales / Peter T. Stevick.
| Title: | The changing status and distribution of whales / Peter T. Stevick. |
| Author(s): | Stevick, Peter T. |
| Date: | 2008. |
| Publisher: | Isle of Lewis: Islands Book Trust |
| In: | Whaling and the Hebrides : the history of island whalers in the South Atlantic and whaling in and around the Hebrides. The proceedings of a three-day conference held in Harris, 16th-18th August 2007. (2008.), |
| Abstract: | Presents history of whaling in terms of overexploitation leading to peak catches and decline in stocks, forcing whalers to move to new areas to continue exploitation of this resource. Discusses prospects for recovery of various whale populations in relation to changes in marine ecology brought about by historic depletion of whale stocks. |
| Notes: | In: Whaling and the Hebrides : the history of island whalers in the South Atlantic and whaling in and around the Hebrides. The proceedings of a three-day conference held in Harris, 16th-18th August 2007 / Islands Book Trust. |
| Keywords: | 639.2 -- Fisheries. 639.245.1 -- Whaling industry. 574 -- Ecology. 574.5 -- Marine and freshwater ecology. 599.5 -- Cetacea. N -- Renewable resources. (*3) -- Arctic regions. (*37) -- Faroe Islands. (*60) -- Arctic Ocean and adjacent waters. (*7) -- Antarctic regions. (*723) -- South Georgia and Shag Rocks. (*80) -- Southern Ocean. (*82) -- South Atlantic Ocean. |
| SPRI record no.: | 188056 |
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