As well as good for business and tourism, Ms Millar said the increased numbers were a "win for the ocean", with numbers of humpbacks on the eastern migration now up around 45,000 from an estimated 300 when whaling was first banned.

Source: https://www.begadistrictnews.com.au/story/8247249/increased-humpback-numbers-a-welcome-sight-for-merimbulas-sapphire-coastal-adventures/?src=rss

Attendees will be immersed in the who, what, and why of whaling in the 19 century during our Whaleboat Chats presented by museum educators twice throughout the event.

Source: https://tbrnewsmedia.com/whales-ales-salty-tales-event-returns-to-cold-spring-harbor/

Born in 1846, he was a registered whaling master by the age of 28.

Source: https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/past-times/4503109/how-dundee-whaling-captain-descendent-discovered-his-inuit-cousin/

Iceland's government said that whaling could resume Friday with stricter conditions and monitoring, after it decided not to extend a temporary two-month ban imposed amid animal welfare concerns.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-08-iceland-resume-whaling-stricter-conditions.html

It’s bad enough they’ve turned American history into their own political playground, where revered figures are savaged with revisionist history with the ferocity of angry children whaling away at a piñata.

Source: https://www.fitsnews.com/2023/12/03/palmetto-political-stock-index-12-3-2023/

"The Amirantes Islands, of which D'Arros Island is a part, is known to have hosted blue whales—and suffered atrocious whaling events.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-11-scientists-seychelles-frequented-blue-whales.html

The pod of long-finned stranded themselves on July 25 on Cheynes east of the former whaling station of Albany in Western state, south of the capital Perth.

Source: https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/last-of-nearly-100-pilot-whales-euthanized-after-rescue-fails-185045

The researchers believe the change has happened progressively as populations recovered after the widespread cessation of whaling in the 1960s.

Source: https://www.echo.net.au/2023/02/east-coast-whales-swap-singing-for-fighting/

The subject and setting of bring to mind Imagine founder Ron Howard’s work as director and producer of Warner Bros’ In the Heart of the Sea, an examination of a whale’s 1820 sinking of a New England whaling vessel, which inspired the literary classic.

Source: https://deadline.com/2023/08/whalefall-film-rights-imagine-entertainment-daniel-kraus-novel-1235451772/

Wales, a whaling village of about 160 people, is located about 1,300 kilometres northwest of Anchorage and is accessible by plane or boat.

Source: https://torontosun.com/news/world/polar-bear-in-fatal-alaska-attack-was-in-poor-health