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Whaling statistics - 1951
 
Whaling in 1950-51 and summer 1951
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 82 1,982 8 519 226 - 2,817
Antarctic, pelagic 6,966 17,474 1,630 367 4,742 11 31,180
Africa:-
- Natal 20 789 103 247 910 22 2,071
- Cape Province 4 218 9 237 211 233 702
- French Congo - 4 1,105 470 146 12 1,726
- Spanish Morocco - 36 - 52 52 - 140
Brazil:-
- Paraiba - - 28 151 - - 179
Atlantic and Arctic:-
- Azores - - - - 724 - 724
- Madeira - - - - 182 - 182
- Spain - 27 - 34 35 - 96
- Portugal 1 9 - - 11 14 22
- Norway 4 321 5 11 76 - 417
- Scotland 4 13 - 3 1 - 21
- Faroe Islands 9 156 - 126 70 - 361
- Iceland 11 312 1 2 13 - 339
- West Greenland - 15 5 - 6 - 26
- Newfoundland 24 483 29 39 12 - 5878
Pacific (north):-
- California - 9 4 - 26 11 40
- British Columbia 9 216 51 5 153 35 437
- Kamtchatka, pelagic 7 90 1 16 765 56 884
- Kuril Islands 9 156 8 52 1,462 127 1,699
- Japan 47 209 4 419 1,283 - 1,962
- Bonin Island, pelagic - - - 280 60 - 340
Peru 4 21 23 1 6,365 - 6,414
Chile 77 279 3 2 733 - 1,094
Australia - - 1,224 - - - 1,224
New Zealand - - 111 - - - 111
TOTAL 7,278 22,819 4,352 3,033 18,264 49 55,795
1) Bottlenose.
2) Right whales.
3) Bryde whales.
4) Minke whale.
5) 1 right whale, 1 Calif. grey whale, and 1 bottlenose.
6) 2 Minke whales and 3 bottlenoses.
7) 7 Minke whales and 5 bottlenoses.
8) In addition 55 Minke whales and 3,102 potheads were taken.
 
Whaling results for the various countries: 1950-51 and summer 1951
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
Argentina 19 515 2 165 95 - 796
Brazil - - 28 151 - - 179
British Commonwealth 2,422 6,315 1,551 768 2,836 29 13,921
- United Kingdom 1,793 3,407 43 277 1,105 11 6,626
- Union of South Africa 610 2,505 113 484 1,577 252 5,314
- Australia - - 1,224 - - - 1,224
- Canada 9 216 51 5 153 33 437
- Newfoundland 10 187 9 2 1 - 209
- New Zealand - - 111 - - - 111
Chile 77 279 3 2 733 - 1,094
Denmark 9 171 5 126 76 - 387
France - 3 783 135 3,157 14 4,079
Iceland 11 312 1 2 13 - 339
Japan 318 2,261 13 699 1,752 - 5,043
Netherlands 306 851 265 1 237 - 1,660
Norway 3,145 10,044 1,229 215 3,391 - 18,024
Panama 569 770 114 - 2,568 - 4,021
Peru 4 20 22 - 15 - 61
Portugal 1 11 323 336 969 15 1,641
Spain - 63 - 86 87 - 236
U.S.A. - 9 4 - 26 11 40
U.S.S.R. 397 1,195 9 347 2,309 176 4,274
TOTAL 7,278 22,819 4,352 3,033 18,264 40 55,795
1) Bottlenose.
2) 2 right whales and 23 Bryde whales.
3) 1 right whale, 1 Calif. grey whale, 1 bottlenose.
4) Right whale.
5) Minke whale.
6) 9 Minke whales and 8 bottlenoses.
 
Norwegian whaling: 1950-51 and summer 1951
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 38 685 4 175 69 - 971
Antarctic, pelagic 3,103 9,038 1,220 29 2,483 - 15,873
Norway 4 321 5 11 76 - 417
Peru - - - - 763 - 763
TOTAL 3,145 10,044 1,229 215 3,391 - 18,024
 
Whaling of United Kingdom: 1950-51 and summer 1951
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 25 782 2 179 62 - 1,050
Antarctic, pelagic 1,750 2,316 21 58 1,031 11 5,177
Newfoundland 14 296 20 37 11 - 378
Scotland 4 13 - 3 1 - 21
TOTAL 1,793 3,407 43 277 1,105 1 6,626
1) Bottlenose

Reference:
The Committee for Whaling Statistics,
"International Whaling Statistics - XXIX", Oslo, 1953

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