California's Whaling Coast

Yankee whaling, shore whaling, and modern whaling were sometimes occurring simultaneously. Each type of whaling went through periods of discovery, stability, and then a gradual decrease as the products lost their markets or the number of whales began to wane as some species moved toward commercial if not actual extinction due to over-fishing. Small whaling operations from California, called shore whaling, continued from the 1850s until Secretary of Commerce Maurice Stans (1969-1972) whistled down the industry in 1971.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
Published: 07/07/2014
ISBN: 9781531676346
Pages: 130
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.38d