Blue Whale Unit
Unit of measurement formerly used in whaling
Blue Whale Unit
A Blue Whale Unit (BWU) was a unit of measurement based on the whale oil yield of an average blue whale, created in 1932 by whalers to control whale oil prices, and used by the International Whaling Commission from 1946 to 1972 in an attempt to regulate whaling.
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