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![Cutting strips of blubber after a whale is brought to a shore processingfacility fish9858.jpg Cutting strips of blubber after a whale is brought to a shore processingfacility](/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/https/s3.amazonaws.com/s3-east-testmedia-noaa.woc.noaa.gov/dam/Photos/legacy/pl23_fish9858.jpg?itok=Cpt_UeFQ)
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Cutting strips of blubber after a whale is brought to a shore processingfacility. The strips are then cut into smaller pieces for the boilers whichextract whale oil. Oil is also extracted from the meat and bones; oil is alsoextracted from the meat and bones; what is left is made into fertilizer. (Image credit: NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection)