Whaling statistics - 1913
 
Whaling in 1912-13 and summer 1913
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 233 1,749 1,916 - 3 9491 4,850
South Shetland 1,761 2,300 976 - - 72 5,044
South Orkney 199 442 138 - - - 779
Falkland Islands - 36 8 43 - - 87
Africa:-
- East Africa - - ca. 900 - - - ca. 900
- Natal 59 263 662 1 230 1293 1,344
- Cape Province - - - - - 7211 721
- Walvis Bay - - - - - 3511 351
- Angola - - - - - 3,4324 3,432
- French Congo - - ca. 2,522 - - - ca. 2,522
Brazil - - 352 - 2 - 354
North Atlantic and Arctic:-
- Scotland and Ireland 12 346 3 159 21 85 549
- Faroe Islands - 112 - 21 2 86 143
- Iceland 23 84 5 9 1 37 125
- Norway - 32 - 13 - - 45
- Newfoundland 12 165 8 1 9 271 222
- St. Lawrence Gulf - - - - - 908 90
Pacific (north) 58 40 28 8 52 7551 941
Japan and Korea 58 839 138 361 77 1329 1,605
Chile - - - - - 2261 226
Australia 2 - 1,341 - - - 1,343
TOTAL 2,417 6,408 8,997 616 397 6,838 25,673
1) No specification.
2) 3 right whales and 4 bottlenoses.
3) 3 right whales and 126 not specified.
4) No specification. Exclusively humpbacks and sei whales.
5) 1 right whale and 7 bottlenoses.
6) Bottlenoses.
7) 1 right whale and 2 bottlenoses.
8) Blue whales and fin whales.
9) 1 right whale and 131 grey whales.
 
Whaling results for the various countries: 1912-13 and summer 1913
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
Argentina 49 324 504 - 1 - 878
Brazil - - ca. 220 - - - ca. 220
British Commonwealth 304 1,273 1,142 114 205 398 3,436
Chile 45 248 26 - - - 319
Germany & Portugal - - - - - 2741 274
Japan 58 839 138 361 77 1322 1,605
Norway 1,961 3,724 6,967 141 114 5,279 18,186
U.S.A. - - - - - 7553 755
TOTAL 2,417 6,408 8,997 616 397 6,838 25,673
1) Right whales.
2) 1 right whale and 131 grey whales.
3) Mostly fin whales and humpbacks.
 
Norwegian whaling: 1912-13 and summer 1913
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 126 990 887 - - 7111 2,714
South Shetland 1,541 1,833 837 - - 32 4,214
South Orkney 199 442 138 - - - 779
Africa:-
- East Africa - - ca. 900 - - - ca. 900
- Natal 14 61 180 - 50 - 305
- Cape Province - - - - - ca. 7211 ca. 721
- Walvis Bay - - - - - 3511 351
- Angola - - - - - 3,1583 3,158
- French Congo - - ca. 2,522 - - - ca. 2,522
Brazil - - 132 - 2 - 134
North Atlantic and Arctic 21 358 2 133 10 1094 633
Alaska 58 40 28 8 52 - 186
Chile - - - - - 2261 226
Australia 2 - 1,341 - - - 1,343
TOTAL 1,961 3,724 6,967 141 114 5,279 18,186
1) No specification.
2) Right whales.
3) Exclusively humpbacks and sei whales.
4) 2 nordcapers, 17 bottlenoses and 90 blue whales and fin whales.
 
British whaling: 1912-13 and summer 1913
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 58 435 525 - 2 2381 1,258
South Shetland 175 219 113 - - 42 511
Falkland Islands - 36 8 43 - - 87
Africa 45 202 482 1* 180 1293 1,039
North Atlantic and Arctic 26 381 14 70 23 271 541
TOTAL 304 1,273 1,142 114 205 398 3,436
1) No specification.
2) Bottlenoses.
3) 3 right whales and 126 without specification.
*) Although the 1942 edition of the "International Whaling Statistics" shows the figure "1", the 1951 edition shows no figure. From the total values of the row and column, the 1942 edition seems to be correct.
 
Whaling of other countries: 1912-13 and summer 1913
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 49 324 504 - 1 - 878
South Shetland 45 248 26 - - - 319
West Africa - - - - - 2741 274
Brazil - - ca. 220 - - - ca. 220
Pacific (north) - - - - - 7552 755
Japan and Korea 58 839 138 361 77 1323 1,605
TOTAL 152 1,411 888 361 78 1,161 4,051
1) No specification.
2) Mostly fin whales and humpbacks.
3) 1 right whale and 131 grey whales.

Reference:
The Committee for Whaling Statistics,
"International Whaling Statistics - XVI", Oslo, 1942,
"International Whaling Statistics - XXVII", Oslo, 1951
 

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