Humpback and fin whaling in the Gulf of Maine from 1800 to 1918

Marine Fisheries Review

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-12

  Reeves, Randall R ^a   Smith, Tim D ^b   Webb, Robert L ^c   Robbins, Jooke ^d   Clapham, Phillip J ^b  

^a Okapi Wildlife Associates Canada   (Canada)

^b NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Richmond Webb Associates   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR COASTAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISHERY; HISTORICAL RECORD; WHALING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; BALAENOPTERIDAE; CETACEA; GADUS MORHUA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; MYSTICETI; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA;

EID: 0142182684     PISSN: 00901830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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