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Historical Review of Whaling

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From prehistoric times, natives hunted whales for food in the shallow coastal waters of Europe, the Chukchi Peninsula, Kamchatka, the Japanese islands and Alaska. The catch levels were minimal and did not affect the health of whale populations.

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    Yuri Mikhalev

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Mikhalev, Y. (2019). Historical Review of Whaling. In: Whales of the Southern Ocean. Advances in Polar Ecology, vol 5. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29252-2_1

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