THE ECONOMICS OF WHALING 49 



extreme North Pacific and adjacent parts of the 

 Arctic Ocean. This industry declined in its turn, 

 so that this fishery is practically extinct in all three 

 of the regions where it formerly flourished. The 

 Greenland Right Whale has made no substantial 

 recovery even in those seas in which it has longest 

 been unmolested. 



The next whale to be attacked was the Sperm 

 Whale. The great days of the Sperm or Cachalot 

 whaling have long since passed away, and although 

 the Sperm Whale is by no means extinct, since a 

 few individuals are captured in Scottish waters 

 every year, it cannot be said that, in spite of the 

 long cessation of Sperm whaling, the species has 

 made anything like a substantial recovery. 



The Pacific Grey Whale was also formerly the 

 object of a special fishery, which, however, did not 

 last long. 



Continual slaughter on the breeding-grounds soon 

 produced a marked effect, and the species became 

 so scarce that for a time it was thought to be 

 extinct. 



There is, however, a fishery in Japanese waters 

 for the Pacific Grey Whale, but there are no records 

 of its reappearance off the Californian coast, where 

 it was formerly so abundant. 



The White Whale (Delphinapterus leucas) was 

 hunted in Spitsbergen, though only sporadically, 

 from the earliest days of whaling. From 1869 to 

 1878 there was a regular fishery for it in Spitsbergen 

 waters, with the result that it has practically disap- 



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