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	A century ago, Cape Codders hunted whales (August 1, 2002)
		In fact, the local economy was driven by whale hunting for many years before the use of their oil was replaced by other materials.
		Popular right whales were hunted in the early 1700s along the coast, towed to shore, and processed into oil and meat on the beaches.
		Whaling was at its peak in New England from 1800 to 1860, and whaling profits made these seaports some of the wealthiest in America.
	www.capecodonline.com /special/pilotwhales/acentury1.htm (826 words)

	A note on observations of gray whales in the southern Chukchi and northern Bering Seas, August-November, 1980-89 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In August, whales were seen just south of St Lawrence Island and in offshore waters between the Bering Strait and St Lawrence Island, with a single sighting of three animals north of Bering Strait in the southern Chukchi Sea.
		The majority of whales seen were feeding (57%, n = 276), as evidenced by mud streaming from the whale's mouth or by the presence of conspicuous mud plumes, which are large billows of sediment brought to the surface by bottom feeding whales.
		Distribution scattergram depicting 176 sightings of 488 gray whales, 1980-1989: 28 sightings of 46 whales in August; 6 sightings of 28 whales in September (denoted by arrow); 82 sightings of 251 whales in October; 60 sightings of 163 whales in November.
	nmml.afsc.noaa.gov /CetaceanAssessment/GrayWhale/grayNote.htm (3699 words)

	Sea Shepherd Conservation Society - Whales Around the World - Iceland
		Whaling came to an end in 1986 after a Sea Shepherd crew scuttled half the whaling fleet and destroyed the whale meat processing plant.
		The Institute says that the distribution of whales close to Iceland seems to be quite different from the distribution of whales during the 1986-2000 period.
		As you may know whales constitute a large component of the marine ecosystem in Icelandic waters and from a scientific point of view it is highly undesirable to leave them out of research programs on ecological interaction in the marine environment.
	www.seashepherd.org /whales/whales_world_Iceland.html (1301 words)

	Scientists probe death of whales
		Those whales had turned up dead in the previous six weeks in the same area; most were found within 80 kilometres of each other and had been dead between one week and one month.
		Tissue samples from six whales have been sent to a lab in South Carolina to determine the cause of death.
		Primarily inshore animals, the whales prefer these relatively shallow waters, especially when feeding their young, but they are constantly at risk of being hit by ships or getting entangled in fishing gear.
	www.eurocbc.org /red_tide_toxin_whaledeaths_sw_novascotia_05aug2003page1183.html (633 words)

	August 30 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		August 30 is the 242nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (243rd in leap years), with 123 days remaining.
		Bernaerts, August Cuarenta y cinco son los años que August Bernaerts, lleva dedicándose al mundo del arte.
		August Wilson (1945-) Biography of African-American playwright August Wilson, plus links to all of his works currently in print.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-August_30.html (533 words)

	Whales from far and wide: 2005 Archives
		Decimated by commercial whaling in the first half of the XX Century, these populations of rorqual whales are now threatened by noise pollution—caused by industrial and military activity—, ship strikes, entanglement in fishing gear and habitat modification due to human activities and climate change.
		Whaling boats will instead be equipped with electronic sensors to record the number of harpoons deployed and the number of whales killed.
		Six killer whales are presently caught in the ice in Far-Eastern Russia, in the coastal waters of the Kuril Archipelago.
	www.baleinesendirect.net /eng/3/3-2-2-05.html (8833 words)

	Boston.com / News / Science / Right whales could be making a comeback (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Scientists have found twice as many right whales in the Bering Sea as previously spotted, giving them hope the rare whales are making a comeback.
		Right whales in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans were hunted nearly to extinction before coming under international protection in 1949.
		Scientists were puzzled by the rarity of whale sightings in Alaska until finding out in 2000 that the Soviets had illegally harvested several hundred in the Bering Sea and south of Kodiak in the mid-1960s.
	www.boston.com /news/science/articles/2004/10/02/right_whales_could_be_making_a_comeback?mode=PF (415 words)

	Calls recorded from North Pacific right whales (Eubalaena japonica) in the eastern Bering Sea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The killer whale studies are part of ongoing killer whale research conducted by CAEP in western Alaska (http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Quarterly/ond2003/featurelead.htm).
		The humpback whale studies are one component of the international North Pacific-wide SPLASH humpback whale project (http://www.hihwnms.nos.noaa.gov/special_offerings/sp_off/splash/splash.html).
		A tag was placed on the first whale around 8:30 p.m., and a tag was placed on the second whale around 9:30 p.m.
	nmml.afsc.noaa.gov /CetaceanAssessment/right/righttagging04.htm (726 words)

	Amazon.com: Listening to Whales: What the Orcas Have Taught Us: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Readers will be impressed by the physical hardships of field work, the moving account of the death of her marine photographer husband in a diving mishap, and her stories of rearing her children on shipboard and in an isolated coastal community.
		Sadly, her whales were driven away from her home waters because of salmon farming, which Morton covers in the last part of a the book.
		I read Listening to Whales because I have an interest in whales and the environment, but found that this book was much more valuable than that: It is the story of a woman who finds a way to follow her dream, and devotes her entire life to something she is passionate about.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0345437942?v=glance (2304 words)

	The Seattle Times: Local News: Right whales may be on rebound in Pacific
		Scientists have found twice as many right whales in the Bering Sea as previously spotted, giving them hope the rare and endangered whales can be saved.
		NOAA scientists were conducting a survey of humpback whales last month when they spotted a right whale and followed it.
		The scientists decided to go to an area of the Bering Sea where whales had been seen before in an attempt to find one affixed with a satellite tag in August.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/localnews/2002052181_whales02m.html (362 words)

	THE WEEKLY RUNDOWN FOR AUGUST 8. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Iceland plans to hunt minke whales in August and September, the country's Ministry of Fisheries announced Wednesday.
		What is usually explained as "thinning the herd" is referred to in Iceland as "scientific whaling." Japan also participates in "scientific research whaling" and then eats the projects, which are popular consumer products.
		The Ministry of Fisheries tried to make the whales feel better by explaining that while they were originally planning to hunt for 100 whales, now only 38 will be killed in the name of science.
	www.blacktable.com /gallagher030808.htm (731 words)

	Tourists flock to see Warrnambool whales. 18 August 2004. Ballarat News
		Warrnambool's whales are proving to be a tourist boost for the city.
		She says there are now four southern right whales and their calves in the area, meaning they are visible nearly every day.
		"We like to try and make sure that all the information we give out is credible, with natural things like the whales it's quite hard, but obviously once they calve we can be a little bit more predictable, or they are a bit more predictable," she said.
	www.abc.net.au /news/australia/vic/ballarat/200408/s1178992.htm (154 words)

	Public urged to give wide berth to migrating whales. 9 August 2004. Horsham News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Humpback whales are starting their journey south to the Antarctic and people are being warned to give the large animals lots of space.
		The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service says the whales have had their fun in the sun and are now starting to head to colder waters.
		Service spokesman Lawrence Orel says some of the whales are protective mothers with their calves.
	www.abc.gov.au /news/australia/vic/westvic/200408/s1171795.htm (195 words)

	Scientists are surprised to find greater number of right whales
		"We saw more right whales in the Bering Sea than have been documented in the last five years combined," said NOAA scientist Robert Pitman who was aboard the research vessel that found the whales.
		The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists were conducting a survey of humpback whales last month when they spotted a right whale and followed it.
		The samples also will be used to determine how genetically distinct the North Pacific right whale is from the Atlantic right whale, once thought to be the same species.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/193459_whales02.html (678 words)

	‘The Whales of August’ (NR)
		They could have used Captain Ahab in "The Whales of August" -- to harpoon the oversized performance of Bette Davis.
		Adapted by David Berry from his play and directed by Lindsay Anderson, "Whales" visits with two sisters, Sarah and Libby, who have lived together for 60 years.
		Their husbands are long gone, and the whales that used to appear at summer's end are also a thing of the past.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/thewhalesofaugustnrhowe_a0b119.htm (264 words)

	THE WHALES OF AUGUST - DVD
		By the end of the '80s, his particular quirks were no longer commercial, and he was reduced to sausages like The Whales of August, which bears absolutely no resemblance to the work that made his reputation.
		The resulting film is workmanlike but hardly compelling, and serves mainly as a showcase for a group of aged actors who deserved better material almost as much as their director.
		The whales in question swam off the shore of the heroines' Maine home: decades later, the whales no longer visit, but the now-elderly sisters are still there, with younger Sarah (Lillian Gish) taking care of the older and blind Libby (Bette Davis).
	www.filmfreakcentral.net /dvdreviews/whalesofaugust.htm (660 words)

	Planet Ark : Nature Body Suggests Iceland Wants Whales for Meat
		The program, aimed at catching 38 minke whales in August and September, is simply "an excuse to expand whaling," said the World Wide Fund for Nature which has led campaigning in the past two decades to save all whale species from extinction.
		Icelandic officials say the coming hunt is aimed at confirming that minke whales are not endangered and that there are enough of them to support controlled catch programs.
		The main global market for whale meat is Japan, which itself carries out "scientific programs." But the trade is also driven by a growth in popularity of Japanese restaurants around the world.
	www.planetark.org /dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/21783/story.htm (605 words)

	LA111 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Shooting on the film took place in Maine in September and October 1986 and the film opened in the US in the autumn of 1987.
		An American film, The Whales of August is quite different to Anderson's British work.
		Its gentle story and leisurely pace are closer to the classic American cinema he eulogised in his writings on film than the satire, energy and anger of If.
	www.library.stir.ac.uk /lindsayanderson/LA111.htm (135 words)

	Arctic News Network \| ArcticNews.ca - August 11, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Japan, where whale meat prized by some, also also hunts whales for research.
		Reuters, UK -- The program, aimed at catching 38 minke whales in August and September, is simply "an excuse to expand whaling," said the World Wide Fund for Nature which has led campaigning in the past two decades to save all whale species from extinction.
		than killing whales." -- Iceland's Fisheries Ministry said this week the immediate hunt was part of a larger program to catch 100 minke whales, 100 fin whales and 50 sei whales in the next two years.
	news.arcticnews.net /archive/anc030811.htm (936 words)

	Uneven direction, acting beach 'Whales of August' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It's almost as if two productions of "The Whales of August" are playing at Tacoma Actors Guild.
		She has the lovable curmudgeon role, which makes it easier, but she works to avoid the clichés so common to that specimen of character.
		Technically, "The Whales of August" continues TAG's tradition of high-quality sets.
	www.seattle-pi.com /theater/whaleq.shtml (478 words)

	Tales from Fundy Whales, New Brunswick
		August 06 - Biologists file in for annual right whale passage
		June 10 - Whale entangled in Bay of Fundy
		August 21 - Rescuers try to free minke whale from weir/ August 4 - Restrictions on ships proposed to protect whales
	new-brunswick.net /new-brunswick/whales/tales.html (976 words)

	People Weekly: Feisty, funny Ann Sothern rides in from her snowy mountain home to score a whale of a film comeback. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Feisty, funny Ann Sothern rides in from her snowy mountain home to score a whale of a film comeback.
		In her comeback film, The Whales of August, she makes her cheery entrance through a bramble of blueberry bushes, wearing a red wig and walking precariously with a cane.
		Ann Sothern is back, practically stealing Whales from her redoubtable co-stars Lillian Gish and Bette Davis.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:6373399&refid=ip_almanac_hf (218 words)

	The Whales of August on DVD - MovieWeb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Lillian Gish, the star of WAY DOWN EAST in 1920, plays Sarah Webber, a slightly frail but still active woman who now cares for her blind sister, Libby, played by Bette Davis.
		The film opens with a fl and white montage of Libby (Margaret Ladd) and Sarah (Mary Steenburgen) running to see the whales when they were young girls.
		THE WHALES OF AUGUST is like a Checkov play, complete with an exiled Russian nobleman, about faded memories and family loyalties.
	movieweb.com /dvd/dvd.php?027616896636 (401 words)

	Ann Sothern @ Filmbug UK
		She resumed working sporadically on television until the mid 1980s, including a television remake of her earlier success A Letter To Three Wives.
		Her final film role was in The Whales of August in 1987.
		Her role as the neighbour of elderly sisters, played by Lillian Gish and Bette Davis, with romantic interest provided by Vincent Price, brought Sothern an Best Supporting Actress Academy Award nomination.
	www.filmbug.co.uk /db/25754 (438 words)

	People Weekly : Grand old Lillian Gish makes a big splash in The Whales of August. @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Current Article: Grand old Lillian Gish makes a big splash in The Whales of August.
		Start / P / People Weekly / December 14, 1987 / Grand old Lillian Gish makes a big splash in The Whales of August.
		Read 'People Weekly: Grand old Lillian Gish makes a big splash in The Whales of August.' with a FREE Trial for instant access »
	static.highbeam.com /p/peopleweekly/december141987/grandoldlilliangishmakesabigsplashinthewhalesofaug/index.html (251 words)

	The Whales of August (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Whales no longer pass close to the shore as they did during the youth of two elderly widowed sisters who have a seaside home where they've summered for 50 years.
		Sarah wonders if it isn't time to sell the place and find a home for Libby.
		Top Ebay auction results for The Whales of August
	www.dvdgopher.co.uk /showprod.php?prodid=027616896636 (117 words)

	Movie Database - [TV Guide Online] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Sarah still anticipates their appearance and wants to put in a new picture window, but Libby, who has grown bitter and cynical, thinks it would be frivolous and vetoes the idea.
		With its extraordinary cast, THE WHALES OF AUGUST would have made cinema history even if its script had been taken from a cereal box.
		THE WHALES OF AUGUST has more than a few problems, but anyone interested in the art of acting, the history of the cinema, or in seeing an unpatronizing portrait of elderly characters will find the film rewarding.
	online.tvguide.com /movies/database/showmovie.asp?MI=26245 (252 words)

	Shop at Liquidfire Gaming :: The Whales of August
		Comment: This beautiful 1987 film of two sisters, now in their 80's, who have vacationed in a cottage in Maine for half a century, is a gem.
		When this film is over one will not easily forget its impact and beauty.
		Comment: I recently purchased the DVD edition of _The Whales of August_.
	shop.lfgaming.com /B0000AM6J3/The_Whales_of_August.html (905 words)

	CAC Manuscripts: MS 741
		Commenting on Miss Gish's last screen performance in the 1987, Whales of August, Vincent Canby wrote in the New York Times, "There's not a gesture or a line-reading that doesn't reflect her nearly three-quarters of a century in front of a camera.
		Premiere--article on Whales of August, in French, May 1987 (p.
		1988), "The Whales of August" by Lindsey Anderson
	www.bgsu.edu /colleges/library/cac/ms0741c.html (3445 words)

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