The Kosmos Assignment - Whale harvest data since 1910

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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