I meant to point out that commercial whalers have catcher boats and factory ships which are no use for anything else. Subsistance whalers drag the thing up the beach and deal to it there, distributing the spoils to friends and family. I see a difference there.

I live in a country that was founded, in its present situation, largely on whaling and sealing, and exploitation of other natural resources. The original inhabitants were subsistance whalers, and then along came the Pakehas, the European settlers.

My name is Davy Lowstan, I did Seal, I did Seal.
My name is Davy Lowstan, I did Seal.
Though my men and I were lost,
though our very lives it cost,
we did Seal, we did Seal, we did Seal.