The Kosmos Assignment - Whale harvest data since 1910

Whaling statistics - 1940

**`Whaling in 1939-40 and summer 1940`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`South Georgia`	`88`	`937`	`-`	`80`	`85`	`1¹`	`1,191`
`Antarctic, pelagic`	`11,392`	`17,757`	`2`	`1`	`1,853`	`704²`	`31,709`
`Africa:-`
`- Natal`	`28`	`324`	`176`	`25`	`482`	`-`	`1,035`
`Atlantic and Arctic:-`
`- Azores`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`552`	`-`	`552`
`- Newfoundland and Labrador`	`1`	`64`	`7`	`-`	`6`	`-`	`78`
`Pacific (north):-`
`- Pelagic whaling`	`34`	`292`	`108`	`3`	`177`	`59³`	`673`
`- California`	`-`	`6`	`19`	`-`	`4`	`-`	`29`
`- British Columbia`	`2`	`90`	`2`	`-`	`126`	`-`	`220`
`Japan and Korea`	`15`	`252`	`33`	`429`	`1,306`	`-`	`2,035`
`Chile`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`78`	`-`	`78`
`New Zealand`	`-`	`-`	`107`	`-`	`2`	`-`	`109`
`TOTAL`	`11,560`	`19,722`	`454`	`538`	`4,671`	`764`	`37,709`

1) Right whale.
2) 703 "Baleen whales" without specification, 1 right whale.
3) No specification.

**`Whaling results for the various countries: 1939-40 and summer 1940`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`Argentina`	`65`	`548`	`-`	`42`	`49`	`1¹`	`705`
`British Commonwealth`	`3,261`	`8,116`	`294`	`64`	`768`	`704²`	`13,207`
`Chile`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`78`	`-`	`78`
`Japan`	`3,704`	`3,168`	`141`	`432`	`2,194`	`59³`	`9,698`
`Norway`	`3,885`	`6,235`	`-`	`-`	`920`	`-`	`11,040`
`Panama`	`498`	`859`	`-`	`-`	`64`	`-`	`1,421`
`Portugal`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`552`	`-`	`552`
`U.S.A.`	`147`	`796`	`19`	`-`	`46`	`-`	`1,008`
`TOTAL`	`11,560`	`19,722`	`454`	`538`	`4,671`	`764`	`37,709`

1) Right whales.
2) 703 "Baleen whales" without specification, 1 right whale.
3) No specification.

**`Norwegian whaling: 1939-40 and summer 1940`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`Antarctic, pelagic`	`3,885`	`6,235`	`-`	`-`	`920`	`-`	`11,040`
`TOTAL`	`3,885`	`6,235`	`-`	`-`	`920`	`-`	`11,040`

**`British whaling: 1939-40 and summer 1940`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`South Georgia`	`23`	`389`	`-`	`38`	`36`	`-`	`486`
`Antarctic, pelagic`	`3,207`	`7,249`	`2`	`1`	`116`	`704¹`	`11,279`
`Natal`	`28`	`324`	`176`	`25`	`482`	`-`	`1,035`
`Newfoundland`	`1`	`64`	`7`	`-`	`6`	`-`	`78`
`British Columbia`	`2`	`90`	`2`	`-`	`126`	`-`	`220`
`New Zealand`	`-`	`-`	`107`	`-`	`2`	`-`	`109`
`TOTAL`	`3,261`	`8,116`	`294`	`64`	`768`	`704`	`13,207`

1) 703 "Baleen whales" without specification, 1 right whale.

**`Whaling of other countries: 1939-40 and summer 1940`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`South Georgia`	`65`	`548`	`-`	`42`	`49`	`1¹`	`705`
`Antarctic, pelagic`	`4,300`	`4,273`	`-`	`-`	`817`	`-`	`9,390`
`Azores`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`552`	`-`	`552`
`Pacific (north):-`
`- California`	`-`	`6`	`19`	`-`	`4`	`-`	`29`
`- Pelagic whaling`	`34`	`292`	`108`	`3`	`177`	`59²`	`673`
`Japan and Korea`	`15`	`252`	`33`	`429`	`1,306`	`-`	`2,035`
`Chile`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`78`	`-`	`78`
`TOTAL`	`4,414`	`5,371`	`160`	`474`	`2,983`	`60`	`13,462`

1) Right whales.
2) No specification.

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

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