whaling

noun

whal·ing ˈ(h)wā-liŋ

Synonyms of whaling next

: the occupation of catching and extracting commercial products from whales

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In the decades since the 1982 international moratorium on whaling, leviathans have returned in numbers to the Southern Ocean. —

Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2024 Bowhead whales have been found with historical whaling harpoons embedded in their blubber, indicating that some individuals were alive during the 19th century. —

Scott Travers, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2024 Along with Norway and Japan, Iceland is one of the only countries still practicing commercial whaling. —

Sylvia Hui, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2024 It’s thought that populations living in the Antarctic and North Atlantic may have dropped to the low hundreds in the 1960s and 70s, around the time commercial whaling ended. —

Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 27 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for whaling