whaling

Converse of object

• resume: Norway resumed commercial whaling in 1993 under formal objection to the IWC moratorium which was introduced in 1986.
• include: The Tay ferries are featured, as of course is Dundee's more general maritime history, including whaling.
• regulate: The purpose of the IWC is to regulate whaling in accordance with the principles of sustainable use.
• allow: Article VIII of the IWC Convention allows unlimited whaling for research purposes.
• support: Even today Icelanders commonly support whaling, and visits by Greenpeace are greeted with people barbecuing whale meat.
• ban: An international moratorium was introduced by the IWC in 1986 banning commercial whaling.

Adjective modifier

• commercial: Help ensure that commercial whaling remains a thing of the past.
• scientific: The issues related to Japan's " scientific whaling " , long the subject of criticism within the Commission.
• modern: Modern whaling in the Antarctic is big business, carried out with scientific equipment.
• coastal: At issue was Japan's perennial request to start up " small type " coastal whaling in its home waters.
• aboriginal: This includes all whaling, so called scientific whaling and any whaling conducted under the cover-all of ' aboriginal subsistence whaling ' .
• Antarctic: Scotland had long been involved in both Arctic and Antarctic whaling.

Modifies a noun

• fleet: Nevertheless, the whaling fleet in Peterhead continued to grow, from 11 whaling boats in 1836 to 27 in 1855.
• ship: She was the first of a series of the new breed of arctic whaling ships to be launched by the yard.
• station: Cycle to: the old whaling stations on Mainland, with many of the ruined fishing lodges still standing on the shores.
• captain: Captain Alexander Fairweather's younger brother, James, was also a whaling captain.
• vessel: These would be added to the catches of the whaling vessels.
• port: Dundee was once among the world's leading whaling ports.

Noun used with modifier

• subsistence: Norway defies the ban while some indigenous peoples in Greenland, Siberia and the US state of Alaska are allowed traditional subsistence whaling.
• century: Abundance has been much reduced in the north Atlantic by late 19th and 20th century whaling.