Whaling statistics - 1915
 
Whaling in 1914-15 and summer 1915
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 2,313 1,940 823 - 1 201 5,097
South Shetland 1,796 1,679 656 - - 21 4,133
South Orkney 94 275 10 - - - 379
Falkland Islands - - - - - 2552 255
Africa:-
- East Africa - - - - - 2052 205
- Natal 79 285 122 7 486 11 980
- Cape Province - - - - - 7752 775
- Angola - - - - - 8052 805
North Atlantic and Arctic:-
- Faroe Islands - 150 - - - 1522 302
- Iceland 9 45 - - - - 54
- Newfoundland - 115 5 - 19 - 139
- St. Lawrence Gulf 28 56 - - - - 84
Pacific (north) 51 53 36 - 23 1,1642 1,327
Japan and Korea 57 817 105 723 252 1463 2,100
Chile 49 11 10 - 10 - 80
Pelagic whaling, coast of Chile 51 62 20 - 37 51 175
Australia - - 1,430 - - - 1,430
TOTAL 4,527 5,488 3,217 730 828 3,530 18,320
1) Right whales.
2) No specification.
3) 7 right whales and 139 grey whales.
 
Whaling results for the various countries: 1914-15 and summer 1915
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
Argentina 348 454 295 - 1 81 1,106
British Commonwealth 1,030 951 382 7 505 260 3,135
Chile 49 11 10 - 10 - 80
Japan 57 817 105 723 252 1462 2,100
Norway 3,043 3,255 2,425 - 60 1,843 10,626
Portugal - - - - - 1093 109
U.S.A. - - - - - 1,1644 1,164
TOTAL 4,527 5,488 3,217 730 828 3,530 18,320
1) Right whales.
2) 7 right whales and 139 grey whales.
3) No specification. Figures incomplete.
 
Norwegian whaling: 1914-15 and summer 1915
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 1,209 1,103 345 - - 101 2,667
South Shetland 1,601 1,511 584 - - - 3,696
South Orkney 94 275 10 - - - 379
Africa:-
- East Africa - - - - - 2052 205
- Cape Province - - - - - 7752 775
- Angola - - - - - 6962 696
North Atlantic and Arctic 37 251 - - - 1522 440
Alaska 51 53 36 - 23 - 163
Pelagic whaling, coast of Chile 51 62 20 - 37 51 175
Australia - - ca. 1430 - - - ca. 1430
TOTAL 3,043 3,255 2,425 - 60 1,843 10,626
1) Right whales.
2) No specification.
 
British whaling: 1914-15 and summer 1915
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 756 383 183 - - 21 1,324
South Shetland 195 168 72 - - 21 437
Falkland Islands - - - - - 2552 255
Africa 79 285 122 7 486 11 980
Newfoundland - 115 5 - 19 - 139
TOTAL 1,030 951 382 7 505 260 3,135
1) Right whales.
2) No specification. Mostly fin whales and sei whales.
 
Whaling of other countries: 1914-15 and summer 1915
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 348 454 295 - 1 81 1,106
West Africa - - - - - 1092 109
Pacific (north) - - - - - 1,1643 1,164
Japan and Korea 57 817 105 723 252 1464 2,100
Chile 49 11 10 - 10 - 80
TOTAL 454 1,282 410 723 263 1,427 4,559
1) Right whales.
2) No specification.
3) No specification. Figures incomplete.
4) 7 right whales and 139 grey whales.
 

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

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