Compañía Argentina de Pesca

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Compañía Argentina de Pesca was an early 20th-century whaling company that played a key role in establishing industrial whaling operations in the South Atlantic.

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Compañía Argentina de Pesca canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf business enterprise
whaling company
activity commercial whaling
processing whale products
businessModel shore-based whaling with factory facilities
country Argentina
economicActivity maritime exploitation of marine mammals
economicImpact generated export products for Argentina
environmentalImpact contributed to depletion of whale populations in the South Atlantic
era age of industrial whaling
historicalSignificance contributed to the development of large-scale Antarctic whaling
one of the earliest companies to establish shore-based whaling stations in the South Atlantic
industry fishing industry
whaling industry
locationOfOperations Grytviken
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
surface form: South Georgia
notableFor establishing industrial whaling operations in the South Atlantic
operatingArea South Atlantic
surface form: South Atlantic Ocean

Southern Ocean
product whale meat
whale oil
whalebone
role pioneer of modern industrial whaling in the South Atlantic
timePeriod early 20th century
transportMode whaling ships

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Grytviken operatedBy Compañía Argentina de Pesca
Carl Anton Larsen employer Compañía Argentina de Pesca
Carl Anton Larsen founded Compañía Argentina de Pesca
Pot Bay foundedBy Compañía Argentina de Pesca