The Kosmos Assignment - Whale harvest data since 1910

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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