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United States; New England; scrimshaw industry; Marine Mammals Protection Act of 1972; Endangered Species Act; New Bedford; whaling industry
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The Effect Of The Endangered Species Act Of 1973, Robert Palmer Yankle Ii
The Effect Of The Endangered Species Act Of 1973, Robert Palmer Yankle Ii
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Scrimshaw, as an art form, had just recently risen a few notches above the state of obscurity. There are still millions of Americans who probably know nothing about it. Inextricably linked with the whaling industry for years, the scrimshaw industry has recently undergone a remarkable transition. When whaling ended in the United States, scrimshaw moved ashore and some people found out that there was a great deal of money to be made in the scrimshaw business. but with the passage of the Marine Mammals Protection Act in 1973, scrimshanders found themselves being tightly regulated by the Federal government. This paper …