The Kosmos Assignment - Whale harvest data since 1910

Whaling statistics - 1943

**`Whaling in 1942-43 and summer 1943`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`South Georgia`	`125`	`776`	`-`	`73`	`24`	`-`	`998`
`Africa:-`
`- Natal`	`10`	`301`	`80`	`34`	`299`	`-`	`724`
`Atlantic and Arctic:-`
`- Azores`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`637`	`-`	`637`
`- Portugal`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`133¹`	`133`
`- Norway`	`-`	`110`	`2`	`45`	`6`	`-`	`163`
`- Newfoundland and Labrador`	`1`	`141`	`6`	`-`	`4`	`-`	`152`
`Pacific (north):-`
`- California`	`-`	`19`	`5`	`2`	`3`	`-`	`29`
`- British Columbia`	`-`	`15`	`7`	`-`	`69`	`-`	`91`
`Kamtchatka`	`-`	`132`	`29`	`-`	`216`	`101²`	`478`
`Japan and Korea`	`15`	`315`	`69`	`352`	`727`	`13³`	`1,491`
`Peru, pelagic`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`3,299`	`-`	`3,299`
`Chile`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`60`	`1³`	`61`
`New Zealand`	`-`	`-`	`90`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`90`
`TOTAL`	`151`	`1,809`	`288`	`506`	`5,344`	`248`	`8,346`

1) No specification.
2) 99 grey whales, 1 bottlenose, and 1 dolphine.
3) Right whale(s).

**`Whaling results for the various countries: 1942-43 and summer 1943`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`Argentina`	`125`	`776`	`-`	`73`	`24`	`-`	`998`
`British Commonwealth`	`11`	`457`	`183`	`34`	`372`	`-`	`1,057`
`Chile`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`60`	`1¹`	`61`
`Japan`	`15`	`315`	`69`	`352`	`727`	`13¹`	`1,491`
`Norway`	`-`	`110`	`2`	`45`	`3,305`	`-`	`3,462`
`Portugal`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`637`	`133²`	`770`
`U.S.A.`	`-`	`19`	`5`	`2`	`3`	`-`	`29`
`U.S.S.R.`	`-`	`132`	`29`	`-`	`216`	`101³`	`478`
`TOTAL`	`151`	`1,809`	`288`	`506`	`5,344`	`248`	`8,346`

1) Right whale(s).
2) No specification.
3) 99 grey whales, 1 bottlenose and 1 dolphine.

**`Norwegian whaling: 1942-43 and summer 1943`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`North Atlantic and Arctic:-`
`- Norway`	`-`	`110`	`2`	`45`	`6`	`-`	`163`
`Peru, pelagic`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`3,299`	`-`	`3,299`
`TOTAL`	`-`	`110`	`2`	`45`	`3,305`	`-`	`3,462`

**`British whaling: 1942-43 and summer 1943`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`Natal`	`10`	`301`	`80`	`34`	`299`	`-`	`724`
`Newfoundland and Labrador`	`1`	`141`	`6`	`-`	`4`	`-`	`152`
`British Columbia`	`-`	`15`	`7`	`-`	`69`	`-`	`91`
`New Zealand`	`-`	`-`	`90`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`90`
`TOTAL`	`11`	`457`	`183`	`34`	`372`	`-`	`1,057`

**`Whaling of other countries: 1942-43 and summer 1943`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`South Georgia`	`125`	`776`	`-`	`73`	`24`	`-`	`998`
`Azores`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`637`	`-`	`637`
`Portugal`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`133¹`	`133`
`Pacific (north):-`
`- California`	`-`	`19`	`5`	`2`	`3`	`-`	`29`
`Kamtchatka`	`-`	`132`	`29`	`-`	`216`	`101²`	`478`
`Japan and Korea`	`15`	`315`	`69`	`352`	`727`	`13³`	`1,491`
`Chile`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`60`	`1³`	`61`
`TOTAL`	`140`	`1,242`	`103`	`427`	`1,667`	`248`	`3,827`

1) No specification.
2) 99 grey whales, 1 bottlenose, and 1 dolphine.
3) Right whale(s).

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

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