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Whaling statistics - 1964
 
Whaling in 1963-64 and summer 1964
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia - 552 - 409 60 - 1,021
Antarctic, pelagic 112 13,870 2 8,286 6,651 - 28,921
Africa:-
- Natal 5 272 - 282 2,113 - 2,672
- Cape Province 1 29 - 673 728 1071 1,538
Brazil - - - 256 4 - 260
North Atlantic and Arctic:-
- Azores - - - - 478 - 478
- Madeira - - - - 133 - 133
- Spain - - - - 182 372 219
- Norway 1 38 - - 49 - 88
- Faroe Islands - 13 1 - 5 - 19
- Iceland - 217 - 89 138 - 444
- Nova Scotia - 56 - - 4 - 60
- Newfoundland - 1 - 1 - - 2
Pacific (north):-
- California 2 147 27 13 63 203 272
- Oregon - - - - 1 - 1
- British Columbia 12 141 10 612 105 - 880
- North Pacific and
Bering Sea, pelagic		 42 1,007 - 1,533 2,461 - 5,043
- Kamtchatka, pelagic 77 2,500 242 595 5,432 14 8,847
- Kuril Islands - 76 - 35 452 - 563
- Japan 7 120 1 854 1,800 191 2,801
Peru 1 6 35 1 2,023 - 2,066
Chile 112 136 - 47 1,213 - 1,508
Australia - - - - 710 - 710
New Zealand - 1 - 4 134 - 139
South Atlantic, pelagic5 - - - - 442 - 442
Indian Ocean, pelagic5 - - - - 2,095 - 2,095
South Pacific, pelagic5 - - - - 1,779 - 1,779
TOTAL 372 19,182 318 13,690 29,255 184 63,001
1) Bryde whales.
2) Baleen whales, not specified.
3) Grey whale.
4) Right whales.
5) Catch by floating factories outside the Antarctic whaling grounds in 1964 (catch north of 40o South Lat.).
 
Whaling results for the various countries: 1963-64 and summer 1964
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
Australia - - - - 710 - 710
Brazil - - - 256 4 - 260
Canada 12 198 10 613 109 - 942
Chile 112 136 - 47 1,213 - 1,508
Denmark - 13 1 - 5 - 19
Iceland - 217 - 89 138 - 444
Japan 87 10,123 1 4,835 9,015 191 24,080
Netherlands - 605 2 240 335 - 1,182
New Zealand - 1 - 4 134 - 139
Norway 1 2,135 - 2,617 1,378 - 6,131
Peru 1 6 35 1 2,023 - 2,066
Portugal - - - - 611 - 611
South Africa 6 301 - 955 2,841 1071 4,210
Spain - - - - 182 372 219
U.S.A. 2 147 27 13 64 203 273
U.S.S.R. 151 5,300 242 4,020 10,493 14 20,207
TOTAL 372 19,182 318 13,690 29,255 184 63,001
1) Bryde whales.
2) Baleen whales, not specified.
3) Grey whales.
4) Right whales.
 
Norwegian Whaling: 1963-64 and summer 1964
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
Antarctic, pelagic - 2,097 - 2,617 917 - 5,631
South Atlantic, pelagic1 - - - - 412 - 412
Norway 1 38 - - 49 - 88
TOTAL 1 2,135 - 2,617 1,378 - 6,131
1) Catch by floating factories outside the Antarctic whaling grounds in 1964 (catch north of 40o South Lat.).
 
Whaling of Japan: 1963-64 and summer 1964
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia - 552 - 409 60 - 1,021
Antarctic, pelagic 38 8,444 - 2,039 1,877 - 12,398
North Pacific and
Bering Sea, pelagic		 42 1,007 - 1,533 2,461 - 5,043
Japan 7 120 1 854 1,800 191 2,801
Indian Ocean, pelagic2 - - - - 1,038 - 1,038
South Pacific, pelagic2 - - - - 1,779 - 1,779
TOTAL 87 10,123 1 4,835 9,015 19 24,080
1) Bryde whales.
2) Catch by floating factories outside the Antarctic whaling grounds in 1964 (catch north of 40o South Lat.).
 
Whaling of U.S.S.R.: 1963-64 and summer 1964
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
Antarctic, pelagic 74 2,724 - 3,390 3,522 - 9,710
Kamtchatka, pelagic 77 2,500 242 595 5,432 11 8,847
Kuril Islands - 76 - 35 452 - 563
South Atlantic, pelagic2 - - - - 30 - 30
Indian Ocean, pelagic2 - - - - 1,057 - 1,057
TOTAL 151 5,300 242 4,020 10,493 1 20,207
1) Right whale, taken for scientific purposes.
2) Catch by floating factories outside the Antarctic whaling grounds in 1964 (catch north of 40o South Lat.).

Reference:
The Committee for Whaling Statistics,
"International Whaling Statistics - LV", Oslo, 1965

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