Orca: How We Came to Know and Love the Ocean's Greatest Predator

409 Pages·2018·41.05 MB·English

by  Jason M. Colby

Orca

Orca
How We Came to
Know and Love the
Ocean’s Greatest Predator
JASON M. COLBY
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Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data
Names: Colby, Jason M. (Jason Michael), 1974– author.
Title: Orca : how we came to know and love the ocean’s greatest predator / Jason M. Colby.
Description: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2018] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017042099 (print) | LCCN 2017053474 (ebook) |
ISBN 9780190673109 (Updf) | ISBN 9780190673116 (Epub) |
ISBN 9780190673093 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Killer whale. | Killer whale—Conservation. |
Whaling—History. | Whales—Anecdotes.
Classification: LCC QL737.C432 (ebook) | LCC QL737.C432 C558 2018 (print) |
DDC 599.53/6—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017042099
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For my father, John Colby— forever haunted by this story
We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will
be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.
— T. S. Eliot, Four Quartets, 1943
Contents
Introduction  1
1. “The Most Terrible Jaws Afloat”  8
2. The Old Northwest  22
3. Griffin’s Quest  38
4. Murray Newman and Moby Doll  52
5. Namu’s Journey  68
6. A Boy and His Whale  82
7. Fishing for Orcas  98
8. Skana and the Hippie  113
9. The Whales of Pender Harbour  129
10. Supply and Demand  144
11. The White Whale  158
12. The Penn Cove Roundup  174
13. Whaling in the New Northwest  194
14. Big Government and Big Business  212
15. The Legend of Mike Bigg  225
16. “All Hell Broke Loose”  242
17. New Frontiers  260
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18. Haida’s Song  272
19. The Legacy of Capture  290
Epilogue  308
Acknowledgments  315
Notes  319
Bibliography  363
Index  381
Orca