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Whaling statistics - 1945

**`Whaling in 1944-45 and summer 1945`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`South Georgia`	`128`	`987`	`60`	`76`	`45`	`-`	`1,296`
`Antarctic, pelagic`	`914`	`679`	`-`	`2`	`-`	`-`	`1,595`
`Africa:-`
`- Natal`	`3`	`162`	`116`	`34`	`414`	`-`	`729`
`Atlantic and Arctic:-`
`- Azores`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`430`	`-`	`430`
`- Madeira`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`91`	`-`	`91`
`- Portugal`	`-`	`36`	`-`	`-`	`11`	`-`	`47`
`- Norway`	`3`	`158`	`-`	`27`	`4`	`-`	`192`
`- Newfoundland and Labrador`	`11`	`346`	`9`	`5`	`22`	`-`	`393`
`Japan and Korea`	`10`	`169`	`11`	`74`	`266`	`1¹`	`531`
`Chile`	`42`	`80`	`-`	`-`	`373`	`-`	`495`
`New Zealand`	`-`	`-`	`107`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`107`
`TOTAL`	`1,111`	`2,617`	`303`	`218`	`1,656`	`1`	`5,906`

1) Right whale.

**`Whaling results for the various countries: 1944-45 and summer 1945`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`Argentina`	`128`	`987`	`60`	`76`	`45`	`-`	`1,296`
`British Commonwealth`	`14`	`508`	`232`	`39`	`436`	`-`	`1,229`
`Chile`	`42`	`80`	`-`	`-`	`373`	`-`	`495`
`Japan`	`10`	`169`	`11`	`74`	`266`	`1¹`	`531`
`Norway`	`917`	`837`	`-`	`29`	`4`	`-`	`1,787`
`Portugal`	`-`	`36`	`-`	`-`	`532`	`-`	`568`
`TOTAL`	`1,111`	`2,617`	`303`	`218`	`1,656`	`1`	`5,906`

1) Right whale.

**`Norwegian whaling: 1944-45 and summer 1945`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`Antarctic, pelagic`	`914`	`679`	`-`	`-`	`2`	`-`	`1,595`
`North Atlantic and Arctic:-`
`- Norway`	`3`	`158`	`-`	`27`	`4`	`-`	`192`
`TOTAL`	`917`	`837`	`-`	`29`	`4`	`-`	`1,787`

**`British whaling: 1944-45 and summer 1945`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`Natal`	`3`	`162`	`116`	`34`	`414`	`-`	`729`
`Newfoundland and Labrador`	`11`	`346`	`9`	`5`	`22`	`-`	`393`
`New Zealand`	`-`	`-`	`107`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`107`
`TOTAL`	`14`	`508`	`232`	`39`	`436`	`-`	`1,229`

**`Whaling of other countries: 1944-45 and summer 1945`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`South Georgia`	`128`	`987`	`60`	`76`	`45`	`-`	`1,296`
`Azores`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`430`	`-`	`430`
`Madeira`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`91`	`-`	`91`
`Portugal`	`-`	`36`	`-`	`-`	`11`	`-`	`47`
`Japan`	`10`	`169`	`11`	`74`	`266`	`1¹`	`531`
`Chile`	`42`	`80`	`-`	`-`	`373`	`-`	`495`
`TOTAL`	`180`	`1,272`	`71`	`150`	`1,216`	`1`	`2,890`

1) Right whale.

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

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