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At a processing facility the carcass of the whale is stripped of its outerlayer of fat, or blubber

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Description

At a processing facility the carcass of the whale is stripped of its outerlayer of fat, or blubber. Cuts are made with sharp knives along the length ofthe body, and the whole strip is then peeled off by power winch. This is calledflensing.

Credit

NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection

Display Date

1951 August

Location

Canada, British Columbia, Coal Harbor

Collection

Historic Fisheries