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Whaling statistics - 1965
 
Whaling in 1964-65 and summer 1965
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia - 503 - 506 141 - 1,150
Antarctic, pelagic 20 7,308 - 19,874 4,211 - 31,413
Africa:-
- Natal 6 361 - 459 2,814 - 3,640
- Cape Province 3 19 - 764 792 1801 1,758
Brazil:-
- Paraiba - - - 149 13 - 162
North Atlantic and Arctic:-
- Azores - - - - 379 - 379
- Madeira - - - - 151 - 151
- Spain - - - - 164 1162 280
- Norway - 106 - - 27 - 133
- Faroe Islands 1 10 - - 6 - 17
- Iceland - 288 - 74 70 - 432
- Newfoundland - 6 1 2 - - 9
- Nova Scotia - 135 - - - - 135
Pacific (north):-
- California 4 113 4 22 97 - 240
- Oregon - 1 - - - - 1
- British Columbia 9 83 18 604 151 - 865
- North Pacific and
Bering Sea, pelagic		 49 1,406 40 1,398 2,460 - 5,353
- Kamtchatka, pelagic 72 1,492 243 695 8,196 - 10,698
- Japan - 71 3 465 1,800 11 2,340
Peru 78 150 137 2 922 - 1,289
Chile3 371 265 6 439 267 - 1,348
Australia - - - - 668 - 668
South Atlantic, pelagic4 - - - - 51 - 51
Indian Ocean, pelagic4 - - - - 1,768 - 1,768
South Pacific, pelagic4 - - - - 400 - 400
TOTAL 613 12,317 452 25,453 25,548 297 64,680
1) Bryde whales.
2) Baleen whales, not specified.
3) Excluding one company.
4) Catch by floating factories on voyage to and from the Antarctic whaling grounds (catch north of 40o South Lat.).
 
Whaling results for the various countries: 1964-65 and summer 1965
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
Australia - - - - 668 - 668
Brazil - - - 149 13 - 162
Canada 9 224 19 606 151 - 1,009
Chile3 371 265 6 439 267 - 1,348
Denmark 1 10 - - 6 - 17
Iceland - 288 - 74 70 - 432
Japan 49 6,761 43 12,774 4,840 11 24,468
Norway - 807 - 5,538 1,279 - 7,624
Peru 78 150 137 2 922 - 1,289
Portugal - - - - 530 - 530
South Africa 9 380 - 1,223 3,606 1801 5,398
Spain - - - - 164 1162 280
U.S.A. 4 114 4 22 97 - 241
U.S.S.R. 92 3,318 243 4,626 12,935 - 21,214
TOTAL 613 12,317 452 25,453 25,548 297 64,680
1) Bryde whales.
2) Baleen whales, not specified.
3) Information from one whaling company not received.
 
Norwegian Whaling: 1964-65 and summer 1965
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
Antarctic, pelagic - 701 - 5,538 1,231 - 7,470
South Atlantic, pelagic1 - - - - 21 - 21
Norway - 106 - - 27 - 133
TOTAL - 807 - 5,538 1,279 - 7,624
1) Catch by floating factories on voyage to and from the Antarctic whaling grounds (catch north of 40o South Lat.).
 
Whaling of Japan: 1964-65 and summer 1965
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia - 503 - 506 141 - 1,150
Antarctic, pelagic - 4,781 - 10,405 279 - 15,465
Indian Ocean, pelagic2 - - - - 160 - 160
North Pacific and
Bering Sea, pelagic		 49 1,406 40 1,398 2,460 - 5,353
Japan - 71 3 465 1,800 11 2,340
TOTAL 49 6,761 43 12,774 4,840 1 24,468
1) Bryde whale.
2) Catch by floating factories on voyage to and from the Antarctic whaling grounds (catch north of 40o South Lat.).
 
Whaling of U.S.S.R.: 1964-65 and summer 1965
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
Antarctic, pelagic 20 1,826 - 3,931 2,701 - 8,478
South Atlantic, pelagic1 - - - - 30 - 30
Indian Ocean, pelagic1 - - - - 1,608 - 1,608
South Pacific, pelagic1 - - - - 400 - 400
Kamtchatka, pelagic 72 1,492 243 695 8,196 - 10,698
TOTAL 92 3,318 243 4,626 12,935 - 21,214
1) Catch by floating factories on voyage to and from the Antarctic whaling grounds (catch north of 40o South Lat.).

Reference:
The Committee for Whaling Statistics,
"International Whaling Statistics - LVII", Oslo, 1966

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