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Whaling statistics - 1928
 
Whaling in 1927-28 and summer 1928
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 2,125 1,357 - 95 60 - 3,637
South Shetland 
and pelagic whaling in West Antarctic
2,937 2,588 4 1 12 - 5,542
South Orkney 299 280 1 - - - 580
Pelagic whaling in West Antarctic 
and on the coast of Patagonia
891 124 2 787 - 41 1,808
Ross Sea 2,082 110 16 - - - 2,208
Africa:-
- Natal 131 431 62 51 695 - 1,370
- Cape Province 554 436 21 355 225 502 1,641
- Walvis Bay 262 38 10 - - - 310
- Angola 57 33 37 247 140 - 514
North Atlantic and Arctic:-
- Scotland 8 139 - 28 11 - 186
- Faroe Islands 3 276 3 9 4 - 295
- Norway 2 427 2 140 1 - 572
- West Greenland 1 24 9 - 1 - 35
- Newfoundland and Labrador 58 358 21 23 48 - 508
Pacific (north) 207 1 179 3 2 1,0203 1,412
Japan and Korea 10 455 90 551 482 194 1,607
Chile 48 126 36 - 123 11 334
Australia 1 - 1,033 - - - 1,034
TOTAL 9,676 7,203 1,526 2,290 1,804 1,094 23,593
1) Right whales.
2) 3 right whales and 47 Bryde whales.
3) 9 grey whales and 1,011 without specification.
4) 10 grey whales and 9 right whales.
 
Whaling results for the various countries: 1927-28 and summer 1928
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
Argentina 425 194 2 800 17 31 1,441
British Commonwealth 2,930 2,498 107 498 996 50 7,079
Chile 48 126 36 - 123 11 334
Denmark 4 300 12 9 5 - 330
Japan 10 455 90 551 482 192 1,607
Norway 6,259 3,630 1,279 432 181 10 11,791
U.S.A. - - - - - 1,0113 1,011
TOTAL 9,676 7,203 1,526 2,290 1,804 1,094 23,593
1) Right whale.
2) 10 grey whales and 9 right whales.
3) No specification.
 
Norwegian whaling: 1927-28 and summer 1928
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 1,037 527 - 41 26 - 1,631
South Shetland 1,830 2,155 1 1 12 - 3,999
South Orkney 299 280 1 - - - 580
West Antarctic, pelagic 482 59 - - - 11 542
Ross Sea 2,082 110 16 - - - 2,208
Africa 319 71 47 247 140 - 824
North Atlantic and Arctic 2 427 2 140 1 - 572
Mexico 207 1 179 3 2 92 401
West Australia 1 - 1,033 - - - 1,034
TOTAL 6,259 3,630 1,279 432 181 10 11,791
1) Right whales.
2) Grey whales.
 
British whaling: 1927-28 and summer 1928
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 666 637 - 41 17 - 1,361
South Shetland 1,107 433 3 - - - 1,543
South Sandwich 406 64 - - - - 470
Africa 685 867 83 406 920 501 3,011
North Atlantic and Arctic 66 497 21 51 59 - 694
TOTAL 2,930 2,498 107 498 996 50 7,079
1) 3 right whales and 47 Bryde whales.
 
Whaling of other countries: 1927-28 and summer 1928
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 422 193 - 13 17 - 645
West Antarctic, pelagic 3 1 2 787 - 31 796
Faroe Islands 3 276 3 9 4 - 295
West Greenland 1 24 9 - 1 - 35
Pacific (north) - - - - - 1,0112 1,011
Japan and Korea 10 455 90 551 482 193 1,607
Chile 48 126 36 - 123 11 334
TOTAL 487 1,075 140 1,360 627 1,034 4,723
1) Right whales.
2) No specification.
3) 10 grey whales and 9 right whales.
 

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

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