harpoon guns
Cetacean hunting tools
A harpoon gun is a weapon designed to fire a barbed spear attached to a line, used primarily for hunting whales and large fish or for underwater spearfishing.
The harpoon remains tethered to the gun or vessel, allowing the hunter to retrieve the catch.
Modern versions may be powered by compressed air, rubber bands, or explosive charges, depending on whether they're handheld diving equipment or mounted on whaling ships.
- spearfishingAquatic hunting with sharp poles
- deep sea fishingCatching ocean creatures offshore
- whalingHunting large sea mammals
- whale huntingPursuit of sea giants
- commercial whalingBusiness of catching cetaceans
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- Whalingflensing, whaling ships, whaling station, whale hunt, whale hunting
harpoon gunsfishing rods
Flexible poles for catching fish
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