Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Volume XXXVI, Number 8, 18 June 1941 — Whalers Fade To One Fleet With US Flag [ARTICLE]

Whalers Fade To One Fleet With US Flag

" i JUnert<ia's \vhaltng eotipern, tlie* reuuiant, of a \\iinllng rorce that iuclude<] st)out SOO a eentury ago_, manv' of whom eaiue to Ilawali ia tl\e *.'gooa oM 'days* wlll s<Km, be pursui,ng Mohy T>īo"k off norJJbern Calltorni;i. The t , San' Fraiu ist o Sea Pnxlucts Co. reoo!ii]y nvelved a ll<"ense froui Ickes to oporate a shore' statiou at Humhol.K 7^;»y, r«]ifor-' iiiiU and is pialilng i>rei>iiratlons for' , The comi»any is ihe lnst \vhaling in tho l'inloil States 4 nl ' though tliere is an»thor one !n Brltish Colutubia. Aceording to reports reeeived hert\ the Canadians also plan to go to sea this year. The whaling season starts al>out this time of the year o!f Callfornja coasts and lasts uuiii well into th<? faiL Last }&$-r, Amei'iean whal«rs, caught 29 whales, includir»g s3x flni backs, 19 humi>baeks, _and four |?perni A 70-foot finbacli }wa« thc iargcst caU£ht <turtng ihe )Beason. uiost of liie oihers measuring betwc«n 60 and «0 feet Jn o j Uis u £ar vr> fr\»u> ti»e whaiei' joi a Uuudr«d iears &&*>, longer )<lo \vh«itjrs have to iower their (wl»aiel»oais when the injui in the |mw'b uest cries, "Tl»ar\ slie j Wow«-" in Uiot>e days, the whal jear's crew rowed li&e ntad to overjiake_ Uie whaie and haf:l Uie harinio Uie n»amnMis'g j ihe je*iui»ped wiih «4>eclal eii£ines, I wlikh will uot emit s=ouud through tlw water di«iturfa Uie wlmie, $li|>s up to the maiuiuiol and disicliar£es a baripoon fr<nii a UaiiKH>u guu n)ounted in ihe Kn\. Wlien the weaiww the, u <HscharseU hy « shot of; 4wv«der aud Xour £U\>U4* with- j iu iW whale. j ike woiUl vatcU iast jear was, <fcsU»aaled ai 35.003, uiost of wliieh. w<4fe takeu from U»e Antarc(ic 2s>rwesia» aud Jai>anese (