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REview of Rousseaus Whale Hunt by Michael S Alvard and David A Nolin

... The primary economy of this village is whale hunting and other marine fishing. Whale hunting occurs primarily during two seasons: Lefa and Baleo. ... Often more than one boat is needed to bring in a whale. ... The payoff for cooperative whale hunting should exceed the payoff for solitary non-whaling activity. Well besides the obvious fact of that sentence, there is going to be a greater pay off if we take in the fact that the people not getting whale products are missing a lot of money and or food from each whale. ... From this information Alvard and Nolin concluded that whale hunting was no more profitable or only slightly more profitable than fishing alone.


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