Jon Corsiglia
The Orkney News [Unofficial]“We are losing entire archives of human lives that can never be replaced.” Arctic Climate Change
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For the second year in a row, Iceland’s largest whaling company canceled its fin whale hunt in 2025.
Japan’s whale meat market keeps shrinking. The economics no longer work.
The market doing what advocacy alone couldn’t.
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#Whaling #OceanWins #MarineLife
Kate 
More than 700 dolphins killed in a single day of Faroe Islands hunts https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/more-than-700-dolphins-killed-in-a-single-day-of-faroe-islands-hunts/ 🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins #AnimalCruelty #Whaling #AnimalAbuse
CBC Technology ScienceWhat centuries-old whaler logs can tell us about why bowheads struggle today
Tens of thousands of old logbooks from the 18th and 19th centuries reveal the scope and scale of how industrial whaling nearly wiped out bowhead whales. But they also show why some modern-day populations are surviving better than others.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/whaling-logbook-bowhead-populations-9.7208739?cmp=rss
Tens of thousands of old logbooks from the 18th and 19th centuries reveal the scope and scale of how industrial whaling nearly wiped out bowhead whales. But they also show why some modern-day populations are surviving better than others.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/whaling-logbook-bowhead-populations-9.7208739?cmp=rss
M. GrégoireHandre: "The Soviet whaling fleet killed 180,000 whales between 1948 and 1973, delivering rotten carcasses that nobody wanted to eat. Soviet citizens had zero demand for whale meat. The ships hunted anyway, fulfilling quotas handed down from central planners who counted tons of dead whale as economic output. This was bureaucratic box-checking that nearly drove multiple whale species to extinction[...]" | nitter
https://nitter.net/Handre/status/2057564351779967348#m
Assoc for Scottish Literature“The Captain of the Polestar” is possibly Doyle’s finest supernatural story – & owes much of its atmosphere to Doyle’s own experiences as a 20-year-old medical student, serving as ship’s surgeon on the Peterhead whaler the SS Hope
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https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/aug/06/arthurconandoyle-arctic
#Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian #whaling #arctic #ArthurConanDoyle
GeogramblingsKelp, Capitalism, and the Cartography of Becoming — A Conversation with Pluto Liu
My latest #CoffeeGeogPod chat is with Pluto Liu, a "professional nomad." We discuss identity, language, and the interconnectedness of various academic fields. Pluto shares insights on marine science and capitalism, emphasising resilience in nature. The conversation blended humor with profound reflections on geography and personal growth.
Multi Purr Puss 
I can see why everyone might be worried about #Denmark. Their stance on #Whaling seems to accommodate the traditions of indigenous people.
That must be why they've been reluctant to release Timmy in DK territorial waters?
SEE?! THESE exact unforeseen circumstances are why i despise calling the patient #Hope! (that animal IS effectively a patient, on life-support)
David FranksRe ubiquitous fish farming, #whaling by Japan, Iceland & Norway; plus scallop dredging & fly fishing, my WalkaboutsVerse #poem "On #Fishing Regulation": http://walkaboutsverse.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/walkaboutsverse-204-of-230.html
