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Whaling statistics - 1923
 
Whaling in 1922-23 and summer 1923
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 3,569 1,445 320 10 19 - 5,363
South Shetland 2,038 1,994 188 - 4 - 4,224
South Orkney 76 238 9 - - - 323
Africa:-
- East Africa - - 61 - 20 - 81
- Natal 213 330 122 60 84 - 809
- Cape Province 599 288 13 79 28 31 1,010
- Walvis Bay 94 2 199 - 1 - 296
- Angola 168 26 2 - 17 - 213
- French Congo - - 685 5 6 - 696
Spain - 1,080 - - 36 - 1,116
North Atlantic and Arctic:-
- Scotland 23 312 - 10 - 22 347
- Faroe Islands 3 193 2 8 3 23 211
- Norway 2 147 - 237 - - 386
- Davis Strait 20 20 150 - - - 190
- Newfoundland - 66 3 - 1 - 70
Pacific (north) 29 151 155 1 16 34 355
Japan and Korea 35 431 70 488 364 345 1,422
Pacific (others) - - - - - 1,0086 1,008
TOTAL 6,869 6,723 1,979 898 599 1,052 18,120
1) Bryde whales.
2) Right whales.
3) Bottlenoses.
4) 1 right whale and 2 Greenland whales.
5) Grey whales.
6) No specification.
 
Whaling results for the various countries: 1922-23 and summer 1923
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
Argentina 411 328 75 - 6 - 820
British Commonwealth 3,144 1,998 258 154 116 5 5,675
Denmark 2 97 1 2 - - 102
Japan 35 431 70 488 364 341 1,422
Norway 3,248 3,718 1,420 253 97 2 8,738
U.S.A. 29 151 155 1 16 1,0112 1,363
TOTAL 6,869 6,723 1,979 898 599 1,052 18,120
1) Grey whales.
2) 1 right whale and 2 Greenland whales - the others not specified.
 
Norwegian whaling: 1922-23 and summer 1923
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 1,501 663 173 5 10 - 2,352
South Shetland 1,386 1,446 140 - 4 - 2,976
South Orkney 76 238 9 - - - 323
Africa 262 28 947 5 44 - 1,286
Spain - 1,080 - - 36 - 1,116
North Atlantic and Arctic 23 263 151 243 3 21 685
TOTAL 3,248 3,718 1,420 253 97 2 8,738
1) Bottlenoses.
 
British whaling: 1922-23 and summer 1923
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 1,657 454 72 5 3 - 2,191
South Shetland 652 548 48 - - - 1,248
Africa 812 618 135 139 112 31 1,819
North Atlantic and Arctic 23 378 3 10 1 22 417
TOTAL 3,144 1,998 258 154 116 5 5,675
1) Bryde whales.
2) Right whales.
 
Whaling of other countries: 1922-23 and summer 1923
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 411 328 75 - 6 - 820
North Atlantic and Arctic 2 97 1 2 - - 102
Pacific (north) 29 151 155 1 16 31 355
Pacific (others) - - - - - 1,0082 1,008
Japan and Korea 35 431 70 488 364 343 1,422
TOTAL 477 1,007 301 491 386 1,045 3,707
1) 1 right whale and 2 Greenland whales.
2) No specification.
3) Grey whales.

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

 

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