Around 100 AD, the first whaling industry began, and they were forced to hunt whales for meat, fuel, and necessities. However, the first large-scale whale fishing did not occur in Japan and Iceland, but in the Faroe Islands, with an area of 1399 square kilometers and a population of less than 50,000.
Whales are the masters of the sea, in the vast sea, it is difficult to find any natural enemies, it is said that there are 98 species of cetaceans, most of them in the sea, of which there are many species of cetaceans, including baleen whales and toothed whales, and baleen whales are relatively rare, but they are very large, the shortest baleen whale is more than 6 meters, and the largest one is baleen whale. But most whales are so large that it is difficult to catch cetaceans, but there are also some special cases, such as an ancient city in Europe, which has been hunting cetaceans for more than a thousand years by virtue of its wealth.
A history of the whaling industry
According to records, the first whaling was around 100 AD, the Inuel people survived in the cold environment all year round, in order to survive, they had to catch large marine animals such as whales, whale bones can make a variety of food, and whale fat can be used as a special energy source. The first whaling case took place in the Faroe Islands, where there were less than 50,000 inhabitants, originally inhabited by the Irish, but later occupied by pirates and became their habitat, pirates on the Faroe Islands, unlike the Inuit who made a living from fishing, made a living from fishing, while the other was used to meet their food needs.
Ancient towns in Europe that made a living from fishing
After the Faroe Islands were occupied by pirates, the pirates launched a whaling war, first establishing a natural deep-sea harbor on Boroy Island, and then catching cetaceans there, and these cetaceans also earned them a lot of wealth, so more pirates came here, and eventually, the four villages formed an ancient city called Cara.
The town of Vík is not very large, only ten percent of the population of the Faroe Islands, but due to its unique geographical advantages, the fishing industry here has always been the best, with an average annual wage of more than 700,000 yuan, so it can be said that if they had not made money from the whaling industry, it might have become a different place.
This town still retains the custom of whaling.
Although the town of Vic is now out of poverty and no longer relies on fishing to increase its financial resources, it still retains the custom of fishing here, and a special whaling festival is held every year, just like the Chinese New Year. Now, in this small town, there is nearly 1,000 years of whaling history, and whaling has long become a custom here.
On this issue, people disagree on whether to continue to hunt whales, many people feel that this is a national custom, we are not qualified to intervene, but others say that cetaceans play a pivotal role in the ocean, as the saying goes: a whale is all life. What do you think about this?