The View From the Castle: The more we learn of whales, the more they seem like the ocean's 'people,' but they are still managed like a crop

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Summary

Smithsonian Secretary S. Dillon Ripley talks about how Americans now regard whales as rare and fascinating animals. Ripley describes present efforts by the International Whaling Commission to study and protect the decreasing population and variety of whale species.

Subject

International Whaling Commission

Category

Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography

Contained within

Smithsonian Vol. 3, no. 7 (Journal)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

October 1972

Topic

  • Marine Biology
  • Conservation and restoration
  • Animals
  • Endangered ecosystems
  • Oceans
  • Preservation
  • Environmental policy
  • Whales
  • Castle View
  • Ecology
  • Mammals
  • Endangered species
  • Environmental protection
  • Marine biology--Research
  • Marine mammals
  • Oceanography

Physical description

p. 6

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