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'''Whaling''' is the hunting of whales to obtain their usable products such as meat, oil, and blubber. Its earliest forms date to at least circa 3000 BC. Various coastal communities have long histories of subsistence whaling and harvesting beached whales. | '''Whaling''' is the hunting of whales to obtain their usable products such as meat, oil, and blubber. Its earliest forms date to at least circa 3000 BC. Various coastal communities have long histories of subsistence whaling and harvesting beached whales. | ||
==History of Antarctic whaling== | ==History of Antarctic whaling== | ||
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===Modern Era=== | ===Modern Era=== | ||
Contemporary whaling is subject to intense debate. Pro-whaling countries, notably Iceland, Japan, and Norway, wish to lift the ban on certain whale stocks for hunting. Anti-whaling countries such as [[Westarctica]] strongly oppose lifting the ban and have advocated against the pro-whaling governments. | |||
Whale oil is used little today and modern commercial whaling is primarily done for food. The usage of whale products has somewhat reversed from the early days, with meat being the primary product of sale, and blubber being rendered down mostly to cheap industrial products such as animal feed. | Whale oil is used little today and modern commercial whaling is primarily done for food. The usage of whale products has somewhat reversed from the early days, with meat being the primary product of sale, and blubber being rendered down mostly to cheap industrial products such as animal feed. | ||