The Kosmos Assignment - Whale harvest data since 1910

Whaling statistics - 1944

**`Whaling in 1943-44 and summer 1944`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`South Georgia`	`28`	`632`	`4`	`197`	`101`	`-`	`962`
`Antarctic, pelagic`	`311`	`526`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`837`
`Africa:-`
`- Natal`	`5`	`227`	`115`	`24`	`448`	`-`	`819`
`Atlantic and Arctic:-`
`- Azores`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`343`	`-`	`343`
`- Portugal`	`-`	`38`	`-`	`-`	`20`	`75¹`	`133`
`- Norway`	`-`	`112`	`-`	`31`	`4`	`-`	`147`
`- Newfoundland and Labrador`	`5`	`231`	`10`	`1`	`17`	`-`	`264`
`Pacific (north):-`
`- California`	`-`	`1`	`1`	`2`	`1`	`-`	`5`
`Japan and Korea`	`2`	`376`	`64`	`734`	`990`	`3²`	`2,169`
`Chile`	`2`	`61`	`-`	`-`	`367`	`-`	`430`
`New Zealand`	`-`	`-`	`88`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`88`
`TOTAL`	`353`	`2,204`	`282`	`989`	`2,291`	`78`	`6,197`

1) No specification.
2) Right whales.

**`Whaling results for the various countries: 1943-44 and summer 1944`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`Argentina`	`28`	`632`	`4`	`197`	`101`	`-`	`962`
`British Commonwealth`	`10`	`458`	`213`	`25`	`465`	`-`	`1,171`
`Chile`	`2`	`61`	`-`	`-`	`367`	`-`	`430`
`Japan`	`2`	`376`	`64`	`734`	`990`	`3¹`	`2,169`
`Norway`	`311`	`638`	`-`	`31`	`4`	`-`	`984`
`Portugal`	`-`	`38`	`-`	`-`	`363`	`75²`	`476`
`U.S.A.`	`-`	`1`	`1`	`2`	`1`	`-`	`5`
`TOTAL`	`353`	`2,204`	`282`	`989`	`2,291`	`78`	`6,197`

1) Right whales.
2) No specification.

**`Norwegian whaling: 1943-44 and summer 1944`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`Antarctic, pelagic`	`311`	`526`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`837`
`North Atlantic and Arctic:-`
`- Norway`	`-`	`112`	`-`	`31`	`4`	`-`	`147`
`TOTAL`	`311`	`638`	`-`	`31`	`4`	`-`	`984`

**`British whaling: 1943-44 and summer 1944`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`Natal`	`5`	`227`	`115`	`24`	`448`	`-`	`819`
`Newfoundland and Labrador`	`5`	`231`	`10`	`1`	`17`	`-`	`264`
`New Zealand`	`-`	`-`	`88`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`88`
`TOTAL`	`10`	`458`	`213`	`25`	`465`	`-`	`1,171`

**`Whaling of other countries: 1943-44 and summer 1944`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`South Georgia`	`28`	`632`	`4`	`197`	`101`	`-`	`962`
`Azores`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`343`	`-`	`343`
`Portugal`	`-`	`38`	`-`	`-`	`20`	`75¹`	`133`
`Pacific (north):-`
`- California`	`-`	`1`	`1`	`2`	`1`	`-`	`5`
`Japan and Korea`	`2`	`376`	`64`	`734`	`990`	`3²`	`2,169`
`Chile`	`2`	`61`	`-`	`-`	`367`	`-`	`430`
`TOTAL`	`32`	`1,108`	`69`	`933`	`1,822`	`78`	`4,042`

1) No specification.
2) Right whales.

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

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