THE SEA FISHERIES
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while men stand by .with Sharp knives to part-it cleanly
from the meat.
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When shing in distant regions where it is not possible "
to establish a shore factory, large vessels are used capable
of performing the nal operations on board.
The ships
generally anchor in some" sheltered bay and
for their attendant whale catchers to .work from:
the
whales are here drawn up on to the shore to be cut up.
Recently an experiment has been tried of employing a
ship specially tted. With a slip—way through which the]
whole whale may be hauled through the stem and stripped
and cut up,-on board.
Such a ship can do all the factory
work at sea and follow its own whale catchers from place
to place.
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SEAL FISHERIES
Almost all species of seals are of commercial value for
—
their hides and blubber, but the most important by far
are» the sea—bears or
fur—seals whose warm furs maintain
the sealskin industry.
_
'
Like the whale, seals have been wantÔnly massacred by
the hand of man and in many parts of the world they
have, been
to the verge/of extinction.
At one
time the great herdsof the Antarctic exceeded those in any
other region, but now they have been reduced to only a few
'
numbers.
-
.
'
"
.
At the present day the. chief sealing grounds are inpthe
,
Behring Sea on the Pribyldv and the Commander Islands.
.
Although originally these… seal herd_s iwhich numbered
several million individuals suffered considerable deplet‘ions,
the Russians by whom they were exploited showed great
*
forethought. Knowing that the seal was a polygamous
_
creature they took great care to save the female population
and killed o only the superuous
males?
seal
'
291
'
while men stand by .with Sharp knives to part-it cleanly
from the meat.
-
'
.
-
When shing in distant regions where it is not possible "
to establish a shore factory, large vessels are used capable
of performing the nal operations on board.
The ships
generally anchor in some" sheltered bay and
for their attendant whale catchers to .work from:
the
whales are here drawn up on to the shore to be cut up.
Recently an experiment has been tried of employing a
ship specially tted. With a slip—way through which the]
whole whale may be hauled through the stem and stripped
and cut up,-on board.
Such a ship can do all the factory
work at sea and follow its own whale catchers from place
to place.
_
_
'
'
-
_
SEAL FISHERIES
Almost all species of seals are of commercial value for
—
their hides and blubber, but the most important by far
are» the sea—bears or
fur—seals whose warm furs maintain
the sealskin industry.
_
'
Like the whale, seals have been wantÔnly massacred by
the hand of man and in many parts of the world they
have, been
to the verge/of extinction.
At one
time the great herdsof the Antarctic exceeded those in any
other region, but now they have been reduced to only a few
'
numbers.
-
.
'
"
.
At the present day the. chief sealing grounds are inpthe
,
Behring Sea on the Pribyldv and the Commander Islands.
.
Although originally these… seal herd_s iwhich numbered
several million individuals suffered considerable deplet‘ions,
the Russians by whom they were exploited showed great
*
forethought. Knowing that the seal was a polygamous
_
creature they took great care to save the female population
and killed o only the superuous
males?
seal