The Kosmos Assignment - Whale harvest data since 1910

Whaling statistics - 1960

**`Whaling in 1959-60 and summer 1960`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`South Georgia`	`9`	`1,160`	`-`	`1,075`	`89`	`-`	`2,333`
`Antarctic, pelagic`	`1,230`	`26,415`	`1,338`	`3,234`	`4,138`	`204¹`	`36,559`
`Africa:-`
`- Natal`	`6`	`738`	`36`	`183`	`1,024`	`-`	`1,987`
`- Cape Province`	`1`	`255`	`4`	`498`	`769`	`9²`	`1,536`
`South Atlantic, pelagic`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`34`	`-`	`34`
`Brazil:-`
`- Paraiba`	`-`	`21`	`13`	`750`	`29`	`-`	`813`
`North Atlantic and Arctic:-`
`- Azores⁶`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`338`	`-`	`338`
`- Madeira`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`168`	`-`	`168`
`- Spain`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`122`	`75³`	`197`
`- Norway`	`-`	`128`	`-`	`2`	`84`	`-`	`214`
`- Iceland`	`-`	`160`	`-`	`42`	`177`	`-`	`379`
`- Newfoundland`	`-`	`1`	`-`	`-`	`1`	`-`	`2`
`Pacific (north):-`
`- California`	`1`	`138`	`67`	`47`	`16`	`2⁴`	`271`
`- North Pacific and` `Bering Sea, pelagic`	`70`	`1,393`	`-`	`203`	`1,800`	`-`	`3,466`
`- Kamtchatka, pelagic`	`-`	`128`	`57`	`59`	`2,228`	`-`	`2,472`
`- Kuril Islands`	`14`	`265`	`3`	`140`	`1,487`	`22⁵`	`1,931`
`- Japan`	`1`	`131`	`2`	`788`	`2,107`	`-`	`3,029`
`- Ryukyu Islands`	`-`	`-`	`167`	`1`	`14`	`-`	`182`
`Peru`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`3,451`	`-`	`3,451`
`Chile`	`131`	`52`	`2`	`13`	`1,886`	`-`	`2,084`
`Australia`	`2`	`-`	`1,525`	`-`	`282`	`-`	`1,809`
`New Zealand`	`-`	`-`	`361`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`361`
`TOTAL`	`1,465`	`30,985`	`3,575`	`7,035`	`20,244`	`312`	`63,616`

1) Minke whales. In addition 55 killer whales
2) Bryde whales.
3) Baleen whales, not specified.
4) Baird's beaked whales.
5) 4 Minke whales and 18 bottlenoses.
6) Excluding the catch from San Miguel and San Jorge.

**`Whaling results for the various countries: 1959-60 and summer 1960`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`Argentina`	`6`	`467`	`-`	`426`	`33`	`-`	`932`
`Australia`	`2`	`-`	`1,525`	`-`	`282`	`-`	`1,809`
`Brazil`	`-`	`21`	`13`	`750`	`29`	`-`	`813`
`Canada`	`-`	`1`	`-`	`-`	`1`	`-`	`2`
`Chile`	`131`	`52`	`2`	`13`	`1,886`	`-`	`2,084`
`Iceland`	`-`	`160`	`-`	`42`	`177`	`-`	`379`
`Japan`	`502`	`10,421`	`282`	`2,342`	`5,307`	`-`	`18,854`
`Netherlands`	`54`	`1,904`	`78`	`2`	`43`	`-`	`2,081`
`New Zealand`	`-`	`-`	`361`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`361`
`Norway`	`115`	`9,142`	`137`	`636`	`1,542`	`-`	`11,572`
`Peru`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`3,451`	`-`	`3,451`
`Portugal⁶`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`506`	`-`	`506`
`Spain`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`122`	`75¹`	`197`
`Union of South Africa`	`7`	`993`	`40`	`681`	`1,793`	`9²`	`3,523`
`United Kingdom`	`107`	`3,739`	`123`	`708`	`487`	`1³`	`5,165`
`U.S.A.`	`1`	`138`	`234`	`48`	`30`	`2⁴`	`453`
`U.S.S.R.`	`540`	`3,947`	`780`	`1,387`	`4,555`	`225⁵`	`11,434`
`TOTAL`	`1,465`	`30,985`	`3,575`	`7,035`	`20,244`	`312`	`63,616`

1) Baleen whales, not specified.
2) Bryde whales.
3) Minke whales.
4) Baird's beaked whales.
5) 207 Minke whales, and 18 bottlenoses.
6) No information received from San Miguel and San Jorge, Azores.

**`Norwegian Whaling: 1959-60 and summer 1960`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`Antarctic, pelagic`	`115`	`8,696`	`137`	`301`	`1,407`	`-`	`10,656`
`South Georgia`	`-`	`318`	`-`	`333`	`17`	`-`	`668`
`South Atlantic, pelagic`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`34`	`-`	`34`
`Norway`	`-`	`128`	`-`	`2`	`84`	`-`	`214`
`TOTAL`	`115`	`9,142`	`137`	`636`	`1,542`	`-`	`11,572`

**`Whaling of United Kingdom: 1959-60 and summer 1960`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`Antarctic, pelagic`	`104`	`3,364`	`123`	`392`	`448`	`1¹`	`4,432`
`South Georgia`	`3`	`375`	`-`	`316`	`39`	`-`	`733`
`TOTAL`	`107`	`3,739`	`123`	`708`	`487`	`1`	`5,165`

1) Minke whale.

**`Whaling of Japan: 1959-60 and summer 1960`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`Antarctic, pelagic`	`431`	`8,897`	`280`	`1,351`	`1,400`	`-`	`12,359`
`North Pacific and` `Bering Sea, pelagic`	`70`	`1,393`	`-`	`203`	`1,800`	`-`	`3,466`
`Japan`	`1`	`131`	`2`	`788`	`2,107`	`-`	`3,029`
`TOTAL`	`502`	`10,421`	`282`	`2,342`	`5,307`	`-`	`18,854`

**`Whaling of U.S.S.R.: 1959-60 and summer 1960`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`Antarctic, pelagic`	`526`	`3,554`	`720`	`1,188`	`840`	`203¹`	`7,031`
`Kamtchatka, pelagic`	`-`	`128`	`57`	`59`	`2,228`	`-`	`2,472`
`Kuril Islands`	`14`	`265`	`3`	`140`	`1,487`	`22²`	`1,931`
`TOTAL`	`540`	`3,947`	`780`	`1,387`	`4,555`	`225`	`11,434`

1) Minke whales.
2) 4 Minke whale and 18 bottlenoses.

Reference:
The Committee for Whaling Statistics,
"International Whaling Statistics - XLVII", Oslo, 1962

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