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A whaler or whaling ship is a specialized vessel, designed or adapted for whaling: the catching or processing of whales . Terminology. The term whaler is mostly historic. A handful of nations continue with industrial whaling, and one, Japan, still dedicates a single factory ship for the industry.
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Whaling in the United States. Commercial whaling in the United States dates to the 17th century in New England. The industry peaked in 1846–1852, and New Bedford, Massachusetts, sent out its last whaler, the John R. Mantra, in 1927.
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Iceland, 2011. Number of whales killed through time. Whaling is the hunting of whales for their usable products such as meat and blubber, which can be turned into a type of oil that was important in the Industrial Revolution. Whaling was practiced as an organized industry as early as 875 AD.
Whales and Hunting. Learn More. Learn which whales were hunted and why; how they captured and processed them; how technology changed the industry.
A whaler is a person who hunts whales, or the boat they use. They hunt whales for their oil, made from their fat, called blubber, and the meat. Today, there is a treaty which bans the hunt of some whale species. Most countries signed the treaty. A few countries still hunt whales for research purposes.
