California's Whaling Coast (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781467131711)

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.

Author: Dale Vinnedge
ISBN-10: 1467131717
ISBN-13: 9781467131711
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Language: English
Published: 07/07/2014
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.40w x 0.40d