North Atlantic right whales : from hunted leviathan to conservation icon / David W. Laist.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Laist, David W. (David Wallace), 1949- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Northern right whale.

Northern right whale--Conservation.

Northern right whale--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (461 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps, photographs

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017.

Summary:

The result is a single volume that offers a comprehensive understanding of North Atlantic right whales, the role they played in the many cultures that hunted them, and our modern attempts to help them recover.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Rescuing Nantucket

2. What's in a Name?

3. Foraging with a Smile

4. Evolution

5. The Origin of Whaling

6. Medieval Whaling in Northern Europe

7. Ghost Whalers

8. Basque Whaling in Terranova

9. The Dawn of International Whaling

10. A Fitful Start for Colonial Whalers

11. Long Island Whaling

12. Cape Cod Whaling

13. Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, and Cape May

14. Whaling from the Carolinas to Florida

15. Estimating Pre-exploitation Population Size

16. A Second Chance

17. A Dedicated Recovery Program

18. Nobody Wants to Hit a Whale

19. Slow Speed Ahead

20. Entanglement

21. Oh, What a Tangled Web

22. Ten Thousand Right Whales

Appendix

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Z.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4214-2099-6

OCLC:

978592390