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Whaling statistics - 1956
 
Whaling in 1955-56 and summer 1956
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 3 2,669 - 284 93 - 3,049
Antarctic, pelagic 1,611 25,289 1,432 276 6,881 421 35,531
Africa:-
- Natal 5 613 36 101 474 - 1,229
- South Atlantic, pelagic - - - 3 121 - 124
Brazil:-
- Paraiba - 1 14 196 3 - 214
- Santa Catarina - - - - - 32 3
North Atlantic and Arctic:-
- Azores - - - - 536 - 536
- Madeira - 1 - - 168 - 169
- Spain - 5 - 6 234 283 273
- Norway - 132 - 16 58 - 206
- Faroe Islands - 43 3 3 97 - 146
- Iceland 8 265 - 72 95 - 440
- West Greenland 1 28 - 1 14 - 44
- Newfoundland (Labrador) - 7 - 2 13 - 22
Pacific (north):-
- California - 3 133 - 9 - 145
- British Columbia 14 168 28 37 127 14 375
- Bering Sea, pelagic 70 1,415 37 48 1,598 - 3,168
- Kamtchatka, pelagic 7 65 31 16 998 25 1,119
- Kuril Islands 45 241 10 171 1,693 196 2,179
- Japan 14 347 14 782 2,125 27 3,284
Peru - 1 7 - 2,019 - 2,027
Chile 209 202 3 48 1,171 - 1,633
Australia - 1 1,989 - 61 - 2,051
New Zealand - - 143 14 2 - 159
TOTAL 1,987 31,496 3,880 2,076 18,590 97 58,126
1) Minke whales.
2) Not specified.
3) Baleen whales, not specified.
4) Baird's beaked whale.
5) 1 Minke whale and 1 bottlenose.
6) 10 Minke whales and 9 bottlenoses.
7) Right whales.
 
Whaling results for the various countries: 1955-56 and summer 1956
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
Argentina 2 668 - 113 29 - 812
Brazil - 1 14 196 3 31 217
British Commonwealth 212 8,022 2,362 257 2,609 2 13,464
- United Kingdom 122 5,874 17 99 1,331 12 7,444
- Union of South Africa 76 1,972 185 105 1,075 - 3,413
- Australia - 1 1,989 - 61 - 2,051
- Canada 14 175 28 39 140 13 397
- New Zealand - - 143 14 2 - 159
Chile 209 202 3 48 1,171 - 1,633
Denmark 1 71 3 4 111 - 190
Iceland 8 265 - 72 95 - 440
Japan 467 6,286 291 837 5,031 24 12,914
Netherlands 197 860 189 15 404 - 1,665
Norway 568 10,538 588 200 2,822 - 14,716
Panama 107 2,115 199 3 430 - 2,854
Peru - 1 7 - 2,019 - 2,027
Portugal - 1 - - 704 - 705
Spain - 5 - 6 234 285 273
U.S.A. - 3 133 - 9 - 145
U.S.S.R. 216 2,458 91 325 2,919 626 6,071
TOTAL 1,987 31,496 3,880 2,076 18,590 97 58,126
1) Not specified.
2) Minke whale.
3) Baird's beaked whale.
4) Right whales.
5) Baleen whales, not specified.
6) 52 Minke whales, and 10 bottlenoses.
 
Norwegian Whaling: 1955-56 and summer 1956
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 1 1,012 - 87 39 - 1,139
Antarctic, pelagic 567 9,394 588 97 2,725 - 13,371
Norway - 132 - 16 58 - 206
TOTAL 568 10,538 588 200 2,822 - 14,716
 
Whaling of United Kingdom: 1955-56 and summer 1956
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia - 989 - 84 25 - 1,098
Antarctic, pelagic 122 4,885 17 15 1,306 11 6,346
TOTAL 122 5,874 17 99 1,331 1 7,444
1) Minke whale.
 
Whaling of Japan: 1955-56 and summer 1956
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
Antarctic, pelagic 383 4,524 240 7 1,308 - 6,462
Bering Sea, pelagic 70 1,415 37 48 1,598 - 3,168
Japan 14 347 14 782 2,125 21 3,284
TOTAL 467 6,286 291 837 5,031 2 12,914
1) Right whales.
 
Whaling of U.S.S.R.: 1955-56 and summer 1956
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
Antarctic, pelagic 164 2,152 50 138 228 411 2,773
Kamtchatka, pelagic 7 65 31 16 998 22 1,119
Kuril Islands 45 241 10 171 1,693 193 2,179
TOTAL 216 2,458 91 325 2,919 62 6,071
1) Minke whales.
2) 1 Minke whale and 1 bottlenose.
3) 10 Minke whales and 9 bottlenoses.

Reference:
The Committee for Whaling Statistics,
"International Whaling Statistics - XXXIX", Oslo, 1958

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