The Journal of Cetacean Research and Management (Apr 2021)

History of whaling in Annobón, Equatorial Guinea, and new evidence of its continued occurrence

  • Russell Fielding,
  • Christian Barrientos

DOI
https://doi.org/10.47536/jcrm.v22i1.217
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 1
pp. 29 – 37

Abstract

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A regular, though infrequent, artisanal whaling operation targeting humpback whales has been known to occur from the West African island of Annobón, Equatorial Guinea, since the late 18th century. Little has been known outside of Equatorial Guinea about this whaling operation since the mid-1970s. This paper presents a brief history of Annobon´´'s whaling, describes recently surfaced evidence of its continuation as recently as 2017 and considers the future of the operation.

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