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The answer WHALING has 4 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of whaling in various dictionaries:
verb - hunt for whales
The business or practice of hunting, killing, and processing whales.
noun - the industry of hunting and processing whales
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| Possible Crossword Clues |
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| Ahab activity |
| Crying aloud, after blubber at this |
| This slaughter's controversial, for crying out loud? |
| The Japanese keep doing it, for crying out loud! |
| Last Seen in these Crosswords & Puzzles |
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| Jul 19 2018 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword |
| Jan 31 2018 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword |
| Apr 8 2016 Newsday.com |
| Nov 30 2013 The Times - Cryptic |
| Possible Jeopardy Clues |
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| The Nootka were expert at this activity of which New Bedford became the world's center |
| A New Bedford, Massachusetts park commemorates this 19th c. industry with a museum & a schooner |
| Vocation of Melville's Captain Ahab & crew |
| Around 1850 it used a fleet of over 700 ships; by 1930 this U.S. industry was practically defunct |
| (Tom Ritchie presents the clue from Antarctica.) Lifeless boats and rusted tanks that once held the precious oil are relics of Deception Island's past: from 1906 to 1931, it was a processing center for this brutal trade |
| Whaling description |
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| Whaling is the hunting of whales for their usable products like meat, oil and blubber. Its earliest forms date to at least circa 3000 BC. Coastal communities around the world have long histories of subsistence whaling and harvesting beached whales. Industrial whaling emerged with organized fleets in the 17th century; competitive national whaling industries in the 18th and 19th centuries; and the introduction of factory ships along with the concept of whale harvesting in the first half of the 20th century. By the late 1930s more than 50,000 whales were killed annually In 1986, the International Whaling Commission (IWC) banned commercial whaling because of the extreme depletion of most of the whale stocks.Contemporary whaling is subject to intense debate. Countries that support commercial whaling, notably Iceland, Japan, and Norway, wish to lift the ban on certain whale stocks for hunting. Anti-whaling countries and environmental groups oppose lifting the ban. Under the terms of the IWC |