In the past fishermen used spears and harpoons , but today the whale hunting equipment is legally restricted to special knives , ropes , and assessing-poles for measurement .
过去,渔民用长矛和鱼叉捕杀鲸鱼,今天捕杀鲸鱼的设备从法律上限制为特制刀具、绳索和用于测量的评估杆。
The leviathan may be mightier than ever , but there are more and more captain ahabs trying to get their harpoons in .
利维坦也许正权倾一时,但越来越多的阿哈船长向它掷去了鱼叉。
Then , early in the 20th century , with the invention of fast , steam-powered catcher boats and explosive harpoons , they built whaling stations on south georgia and turned their attention to the big , fast baleen species , the fin and blue whales .