Commercial Whaling

• Whalers in Japan return to port with first commercial catch in 31 years

  A fleet of five boats left the northern Japanese port of Kushiro earlier Monday and brought back two minke whales.

  World

  Jul 1, 2019
  
• Japan resumes commercial whaling for first time in 31 years

  The Fisheries Agency said the catch quota through the end of this year is set at 227 whales, fewer than the 333 Japan used to hunt in the Antarctic.

  World

  Jun 30, 2019
  
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• Did an American Civil War leader seek refuge in a small Vancouver Island town?

  Coal Harbour on northern Vancouver Island has a varied and colourful history that includes war, murder and commercial whaling, stretching back to the late 1800s.

  Lifestyle

  Apr 30, 2016