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Whaling statistics - 1920
 
Whaling in 1919-20 and summer 1920
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 987 1,673 79 71 8 141 2,832
South Shetland 887 1,540 182 - - - 2,609
Africa:-
- Natal 71 159 148 15 311 - 704
- Cape Province 144 228 20 127 85 21 606
North Atlantic and Arctic:-
- Scotland and Ireland 65 407 1 262 12 22 749
- Faroe Islands 6 273 3 75 - 83 365
- Norway 1 150 - 173 - - 324
- Svalbard 5 13 - - - - 18
Pacific (north) 19 41 8 4 67 1,6244 1,763
Japan and Korea 35 438 83 393 245 855 1,279
Chile 54 24 21 - 21 - 120
TOTAL 2,274 4,946 545 1,120 749 1,735 11,369
1) Right whales.
2) 1 right whale and 1 bottlenose.
3) Bottlenoses.
4) No specification.
5) Grey whales.
 
Whaling results for the various countries: 1919-20 and summer 1920
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
Argentina 108 258 4 4 1 31 378
British Commonwealth 792 1,460 312 405 401 8 3,378
Chile 54 24 21 - 21 - 120
Japan 35 438 83 393 245 852 1,279
Norway 1,285 2,766 125 318 81 15 4,590
U.S.A. - - - - - 1,6243 1,624
TOTAL 2,274 4,946 545 1,120 749 1,735 11,369
1) Right whales.
2) Grey whales.
3) No specification.
 
Norwegian whaling: 1919-20 and summer 1920
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 415 737 38 32 2 61 1,230
South Shetland 799 1,321 75 - - - 2,195
North Atlantic and Arctic 52 667 4 282 12 92 1,026
Pacific (north) 19 41 8 4 67 - 139
TOTAL 1,285 2,766 125 318 81 15 4,590
1) Right whales.
2) 1 right whale and 8 bottlenoses.
 
British whaling: 1919-20 and summer 1920
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 464 678 37 35 5 51 1,224
South Shetland 88 219 107 - - - 414
Africa 215 387 168 142 396 21 1,310
North Atlantic and Arctic 25 176 - 228 - 12 430
TOTAL 792 1,460 312 405 401 8 3,378
1) Right whales.
2) Bottlenose.
 
Whaling of other countries: 1919-20 and summer 1920
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 108 258 4 4 1 31 378
Chile 54 24 21 - 21 - 120
Pacific (north) - - - - - 1,6242 1,624
Japan and Korea 35 438 83 393 245 853 1,279
TOTAL 197 720 108 397 267 1,712 3,401
1) Right whales.
2) No specification.
3) Grey whales.
 

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

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