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valfångst
Also known as whale hunting
thumb|To the left, the black-hulled whaling ships. To the right, the red-hulled whale-watching ship. Iceland, 2011. thumb|Number of whales killed since 1900 Whaling is the hunting of whales for their products such as meat and blubber, which can be turned into a type of oil that was important in the Industrial Revolution. Whaling was practiced as an organized industry as early as 875 AD. By the 16th century, it had become the principal industry in the Basque coastal regions of Spain and France. The whaling industry spread throughout the world and became very profitable in terms of trade and res
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Whaling is the hunting of whales for products like meat and blubber, which historically provided oil that was valuable during the Industrial Revolution and earlier periods. The practice developed into a major organized industry starting in medieval times and spread globally, becoming particularly profitable as an international trade.
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Valfångst eller valjakt, är fångst av valar. Valfångst har förekommit eller förekommer i organiserad form i bland annat Japan, Island och Norge. En organisation som behandlar valfångst är IWC, Internationella valfångstkommissionen. I modern valfångst skjuter man en granat med harpun mot valen. Granaten exploderar trettio centimeter in i valens kropp och försätter den i chock tills den dör. Tidigare sköt man harpuner med en mindre kanon och man har också jagat val med harpuner som kastats med handkraft. Sedan 1986 är kommersiell valfångst förbjuden.
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