Whaling statistics - 1914
 
Whaling in 1913-14 and summer 1914
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 665 1,316 405 86 16 8611 3,349
South Shetland 1,637 2,337 1,038 - - 2472 5,259
South Orkney 29 480 109 - - 33 621
Falkland Islands 3 63 7 105 - 13 179
Africa:-
- East Africa - - - - - 4124 412
- Natal 66 212 412 3 365 33 1,061
- Cape Province - - - - - 7355 735
- Walvis Bay 46 3 94 - - - 143
- Angola 173 68 350 - 15 8735 1,479
- French Congo and
Fernando Po		 - - ca. 1,760 - - - ca. 1,760
Brazil - - 317 - - - 317
North Atlantic and Arctic:-
- Scotland and Ireland 19 322 2 248 - 946 685
- Faroe Islands 6 117 - 40 - 87 171
- Iceland 15 20 - - - - 35
- Newfoundland 5 142 13 - 1 - 161
- St. Lawrence Gulf - - - - - 785 78
Pacific (north) - - - - - 1,6015 1,601
Japan and Korea 123 1,040 160 239 304 1568 2,022
Mexico and Gorgona Island 85 1 565 4 - 199 674
Chile 49 27 23 - 16 - 115
Pelagic whaling, west coast
of South America		 45 19 83 - 5 - 152
Australia 2 1 1,968 - - - 1,971
TOTAL 2,968 6,168 7,306 725 722 5,091 22,980
1) 21 right whales and 840 without specification.
2) 2 right whales and 245 without specification.
3) Right whales.
4) According to Portuguese statistics; the number of whales is probably too low. Mostly humpbacks.
5) No specification.
6) 5 right whales and 89 not specified.
7) Bottlenoses.
8) 1 right whale and 155 grey whales.
9) Grey whales.
 
Whaling results for the various countries: 1913-14 and summer 1914
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
Argentina 141 259 141 19 9 81 577
Brazil - - 190 - - - 190
British Commonwealth 443 1,128 695 245 373 504 3,388
Chile 49 27 23 - 16 2452 360
Germany - - - - - ca. 100 ca. 100
Japan 123 1,040 160 239 304 1563 2,022
Norway 2,212 3,714 6,097 222 20 2,652 14,917
U.S.A. - - - - - 1,4262 1,426
TOTAL 2,968 6,168 7,306 725 722 5,091 22,980
1) Right whales.
2) No specification. Figures incomplete.
3) 1 right whale and 155 grey whales.
 
Norwegian whaling: 1913-14 and summer 1914
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 320 728 175 37 - 3631 1,623
South Shetland 1,474 2,091 864 - - - 4,429
South Orkney 29 480 109 - - 32 621
Africa:-
- East Africa - - - - - 4123 412
- Cape Province - - - - - ca. 7354 ca. 735
- Walvis Bay 46 3 94 - - - 143
- Angola 173 68 350 - 15 7734 1,379
- French Congo and
Fernando Po		 - - ca. 1,760 - - - ca. 1,760
Brazil - - 127 - - - 127
North Atlantic and Arctic 38 323 2 181 - 1725 716
Alaska - - - - - 1754 175
Mexico and Gorgona Island 85 1 565 4 - 196 674
Pelagic whaling, west coast
of South America		 45 19 83 - 5 - 152
Australia 2 1 1,968 - - - 1,971
TOTAL 2,212 3,714 6,097 222 20 2,652 14,917
1) 13 right whales and 350 without specification.
2) Right whales.
3) Figures from the Portuguese statistics, but probably too low.
4) No specification.
5) 78 blue whales and fin whales and 94 without specification.
6) Grey whales (Calif. Grey).
 
 Whaling: 1913-14 and summer 1914
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 204 329 89 30 7 4901 1,149
South Shetland 163 246 174 - - 22 585
Falkland Islands 3 63 7 105 - 12 179
Africa 66 212 412 3 365 32 1,061
North Atlantic and Arctic 7 278 13 107 1 83 414
TOTAL 443 1,128 695 245 373 504 3,388
1) No specification.
2) Right whales.
3) Bottlenoses.
 
Whaling of other countries: 1913-14 and summer 1914
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 141 259 141 19 9 81 577
South Shetland - - - - - 2452 245
West Africa - - - - - ca. 100 ca. 100
Brazil - - 190 - - - 190
Pacific (north) - - - - - 1,4263 1,426
Japan and Korea 123 1,040 160 239 304 1564 2,022
Chile 49 27 23 - 16 - 115
TOTAL 313 1,326 514 258 329 1,935 4,675
1) Right whales.
2) No specification.
3) No specification. Figures incomplete.
4) 1 right whale and 155 grey whales.

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

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