### Question
Can you define what whaling means?


### Answer
**Whaling** is defined as the following in *16 U.S.C. § 916*:

> the scouting for, hunting, killing, taking, towing, holding onto, and flensing of whales, and the possession, treatment, or processing of whales or of whale products.

#### Citation:
  - *16 U.S.C. § 916*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 14-REGULATION OF WHALING > SUBCHAPTER II-WHALING CONVENTION ACT**

