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small whaling was started as early as 6000bc. the oldest know meathod of whaling was to place small boats inbetween the whale and the open ocean, then scare it with noise and motion to try and drive in ahore and beach itself. then came the meathod of putting attaching a drogue to the whale. a drogue is a floating object that was attached to the whale by a rope and a harpoon. this method was in the hope that the whale would get tierd of fighting the drogue and the fishermen could come right next to them on there boat and kill the whale. as time went on the technology of whaling grew. with the production of larger ships fisherman where able to go set sail on voyages out to see to hunt larger whales. References to the consumption of whale meat date back to Kojiki, the oldest surviving book in Japan, written in the eighth century. in the 1800s they started comertial whaling. in the 20th centeryt the japaness where heavily involved in comercial whaleing. whaling started with beached whales that where taken away and consumed as food. the they advanced to hunting them with harpoons. the jappanees now use harpoons tiped with granades as there primary killing methode. in 1970 "save the whales" was a global cry against the comertioal whaling companys that where driveing whales to extiction.