whaling
Moby Dick's nemesis
Whaling is the hunting of whales for their meat, oil, and other products.
Once a major global industry, commercial whaling has declined sharply due to international restrictions and changing attitudes toward marine mammals.
Separately, whaling is a cyberattack targeting high-level executives—a bigger catch than ordinary phishing: The CFO fell for a whaling scam.
Barbed spear for whales
- lanceLong thrusting weapon
- flensingRemoving whale fat
- spadeFlat-bladed digging implement
- gaffBarbed fishing pole
crow's-nest · lookout · cooler
Engraved whale ivory art
- NantucketMassachusetts island resort
- Moby-DickEpic whaling novel
- IshmaelCast-out firstborn son
- whalemenMaritime cetacean hunters
Melville · Ahab · Queequeg · seafaring · maritime · folklore · shanties · logbook
Marine mammal fat
- oilSlippery viscous fluid
- ambergrisWhale-produced perfume fixative
- baleenWhale's filtering bristles
- spermacetiWhale-derived waxy substance
lamp-oil · candles · corsets · perfume · lubricant · soap · margarine · rendering
Temporary prohibition or delay
- endangeredAt risk of extinction
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- CITESWildlife trade agreement
- protectionGuarding against harm
ban · quota · sustainable · regulation · extinction · activism · Greenpeace · boycott
Vessel for hunting cetaceans
- barqueMulti-masted sailing vessel
- schoonerMulti-masted sailing craft
- brigShipboard detention quarters
- steamshipBoiler-propelled water vessel
Pequod · Essex · icebreaker · crow's-nest · davits · fo'c'sle · quarterdeck · masthead
Deliberate harm-causing disposition
- inhumaneCallously causing suffering
- sentienceCapacity for subjective experience
- intelligenceMental ability, cognitive capacity
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
slaughter · welfare · barbaric · controversy · debate · rights · mammal · consciousness
Minimal means of living
- InuitArctic indigenous people
- FaroeseDanish territory's Germanic language
- umiakInuit skin-frame vessel
- culturalRelating to shared traditions
traditional · quota · community · ceremonial · Aboriginal · bowhead · beluga
harpoon
Barbed spear for whales
gaff · crow's-nest · lookout · cooler
scrimshaw
Engraved whale ivory art
Melville · Ahab · Queequeg · whalemen · seafaring · maritime · folklore · shanties · logbook · Essex
blubber
Marine mammal fat
spermaceti · lamp-oil · candles · corsets · perfume · lubricant · soap · margarine · rendering · processing
moratorium
Temporary prohibition or delay
- endangeredAt risk of extinction
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- CITESWildlife trade agreement
protection · ban · quota · sustainable · regulation · extinction · activism · Greenpeace · boycott · protest
whaleship
Vessel for hunting cetaceans
steamship · Pequod · Essex · icebreaker · crow's-nest · davits · fo'c'sle · quarterdeck · masthead · longboat
cruelty
Deliberate harm-causing disposition
- inhumaneCallously causing suffering
- sentienceCapacity for subjective experience
- intelligenceMental ability, cognitive capacity
suffering · slaughter · welfare · barbaric · controversy · debate · rights · mammal · consciousness · pain
subsistence
Minimal means of living
- InuitArctic indigenous people
- FaroeseDanish territory's Germanic language
- umiakInuit skin-frame vessel
cultural · traditional · quota · community · ceremonial · Aboriginal · bowhead · beluga
Japan
East Asian archipelago nation
- NorwayScandinavian coastal kingdom
- IcelandNordic island republic
- commercialPaid broadcast promotion
coastal · pelagic · Antarctic · fleet · season · export · market · meat · research
- IcelandReykjavik, volcano, volcanoes, geyser, geysers
- Atlantic HistoryAtlantic crossing, transatlantic trade, transatlantic crossing, Columbus, triangle trade
- eco-crimesillegal logging, poaching, illegal dumping, wildlife trafficking, toxic dumping
- ocean threatscoral bleaching, overfishing, acidification, oil spills, plastic waste
- Pacific HistoryPolynesia, Pacific Islands, Melanesia, Micronesia, Fiji
- Nordic Tradetimber trade, iron ore, fur trade, fishing industry
whalingantiwhaling
Opposed to hunting sea mammals
whale conservation · whale watching · marine sanctuary · ecotourism · Greenpeace
whalingfishing
Catching aquatic creatures
aquaculture · fish farming · shrimping · crabbing · lobstering
whalingwildlife conservation
Protecting animals and ecosystems
species protection · animal rights activism · rewilding · ecotourism
- commercial whalingBusiness of catching cetaceans
- whaling shipVessel for hunting cetaceans
- whaling industryTrade in hunted cetaceans
- whaling banProhibition on cetacean harvest
- whaling stationShore base for processing cetaceans
- whaling fleetsGroups hunting sea mammals
whale, whales, blue whale, narwhal, whaler, whalers, whalebone, whaleboat, whaleboats