TY - JOUR
T1 - The first great whale extinction
T2 - The end of the bowhead whale in the Eastern Arctic
AU - Allen, Robert C.
AU - Keay, Ian
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - In this paper we argue that the bowhead whale stock resident off the east coast of Greenland was hunted to the brink of extinction by 1828 due to the rapid increase in British productivity levels after 1750. A delay-difference recruitment model is used to reconstruct the size of the whale population and establish the chronology of its demise. A simulation model is used to determine the role played by subsidy policies, climate change, and international competition in the extinction.
AB - In this paper we argue that the bowhead whale stock resident off the east coast of Greenland was hunted to the brink of extinction by 1828 due to the rapid increase in British productivity levels after 1750. A delay-difference recruitment model is used to reconstruct the size of the whale population and establish the chronology of its demise. A simulation model is used to determine the role played by subsidy policies, climate change, and international competition in the extinction.
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U2 - 10.1006/exeh.2001.0770
DO - 10.1006/exeh.2001.0770
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0035180458
SN - 0014-4983
VL - 38
SP - 448
EP - 477
JO - Explorations in Economic History
JF - Explorations in Economic History
IS - 4
ER -