The History of Modern Whaling

Johan Nicolay Tønnessen, Arne Odd Johnsen

University of California Press, Jan 1, 1982 - Nature - 798 pages

Contents

• What is Modern Whaling?: 3
• The Emergence of Modern Whaling: 16
• The Whaling Industry: 37
• Finnmark Whaling during the Period of Free: 55
• The Dispute over Whale Conservation in North Norway: 61
• The Importance of Finnmark Whaling: 68
• The Hebrides and Ireland: 90
• Spitsbergen: 97
• Newfoundland: 111
• Towards the South 18921904: 147
• The Start of Antarctic Whaling 19041908: 157
• South America and Mexico: 202
• The African Interlude: 208
• Australia and New Zealand 19111916 19221928: 220
• The Basis for the Expansion of 19061914: 227
• Technical Developments before 1930: 250
• Whaling Life in the Antarctic: 277
• Whaling during the First World War: 292
• Crisis and Reconstruction 19201923: 306
• The First Attempts in New and Old Grounds: 313
• Unlicensed Whaling 19231931: 329
• The Expansion of 19271931: 367
• The World Crisis and the Whaling Industry 19301934: 386
• New Nations embarking on Pelagic Whaling: 414
• The Dispute over Whaling Regulations: 433
• The London Agreement of 1937: 448
• Years of Renewed Crisis 19371939: 457
• Whaling during the Second World War: 472
• Rebuilding the Whaling Fleets 19451949: 499
• The Second Expansion 19461952: 521
• The International Whaling Commission in the 1950s: 545
• The Last Expansion 19551961: 573
• The Dispute over National Quotas 19581962: 585
• The Collapse 19621968: 609
• Antarctic Epilogue: 638
• The Whaling Industry the Environment and Natural: 673
• Technical Developments after 1930: 687
• STATISTICAL APPENDIX: 731
• BIBLIOGRAPHY: 756
• A FINAL NOTE: 774

Bibliographic information

• Title: The History of Modern Whaling
• Authors: Johan Nicolay Tønnessen, Arne Odd Johnsen
• Translated by: R. I Christophersen
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: University of California Press, 1982
• ISBN: 0520039734, 9780520039735
• Length: 798 pages
• Subjects: Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection