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Whaling statistics - 1967
 
Whaling in 1966-67 and summer 1967
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
Antarctic, pelagic 4 2,893 - 12,368 4,960 - 20,225
Africa:-
- Natal - 124 - 66 1,626 61 1,822
- Cape Province 1 27 - 152 630 601 870
Brazil:-
- Paraiba - - - 55 20 - 75
North Atlantic and Arctic:-
- Azores4 - - - - 310 - 310
- Madeira - - - - 85 - 85
- Spain - - - - 207 802 287
- Norway - 34 - - 22 - 56
- Iceland - 239 - 48 119 - 406
- Newfoundland - 436 - 7 - - 443
- Nova Scotia - 309 - 55 2 - 366
- Greenland - - 4 - - - 4
Pacific (north):-
- California - 44 - 3 100 993 246
- British Columbia - 102 - 89 304 - 495
- North Pacific and
Bering Sea, pelagic
- 844 - 3,474 3,000 - 7,318
- Kamtchatka, pelagic - 1,188 - 1,997 9,430 - 12,615
- Japan - 95 - 536 2,635 211 3,287
Chile 65 7 - 139 533 - 744
Australia - - - 1 586 - 587
South Atlantic, pelagic5 - - - - 420 - 420
Indian Ocean, pelagic5 - - - - 896 - 896
South Pacific, pelagic5 - - - - 36 - 36
TOTAL 70 6,342 4 18,990 25,921 266 51,593
1) Bryde whales.
2) Baleen whales, not specified.
3) Grey whales.
4) Excluding the catch from San Miguel and San Jorge.
5) 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: 1966-67 and summer 1967
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
Australia - - - 1 586 - 587
Brazil - - - 55 20 - 75
Canada - 847 - 151 306 - 1,304
Chile 65 7 - 139 533 - 744
Denmark - - 4 - - - 4
Iceland - 239 - 48 119 - 406
Japan 3 1,313 - 12,705 6,007 211 20,049
Norway 1 891 - 2,232 617 - 3,741
Portugal4 - - - - 395 - 395
South Africa 1 151 - 218 2,256 661 2,692
Spain - - - - 207 802 287
U.S.A. - 44 - 3 100 993 246
U.S.S.R. - 2,850 - 3,438 14,775 - 21,063
TOTAL 70 6,342 4 18,990 25,921 266 51,593
1) Bryde whales.
2) Baleen whales, not specified.
3) Grey whales.
4) Excluding the catch from San Miguel and San Jorge.
 
Norwegian Whaling: 1966-67 and summer 1967
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
Antarctic, pelagic 1 857 - 2,232 595 - 3,685
Norway - 34 - - 22 - 56
TOTAL 1 891 - 2,232 617 - 3,741
 
Whaling of Japan: 1966-67 and summer 1967
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
Antarctic, pelagic 3 374 - 8,695 357 - 9,429
Indian Ocean, pelagic2 - - - - 15 - 15
North Pacific and
Bering Sea, pelagic
- 844 - 3,474 3,000 - 7,318
Japan - 95 - 536 2,635 211 3,287
TOTAL 3 1,313 - 12,705 6,007 21 20,049
1) Bryde whales.
2) Catch by floating factory on voyage from the Antarctic whaling grounds (catch north of 40o South Lat.).
 
Whaling of U.S.S.R.: 1966-67 and summer 1967
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
Antarctic, pelagic - 1,662 - 1,441 4,008 - 7,111
South Atlantic, pelagic1 - - - - 420 - 420
Indian Ocean, pelagic1 - - - - 881 - 881
South Pacific, pelagic1 - - - - 36 - 36
Kamtchatka, pelagic - 1,188 - 1,997 9,430 - 12,615
TOTAL - 2,850 - 3,438 14,775 - 21,063
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 - LXI", Oslo, 1968

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