The Kosmos Assignment - Whale harvest data since 1910

Whaling statistics - 1968

**`Whaling in 1967-68 and summer 1968`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`Antarctic, pelagic`	`-`	`2,155`	`-`	`10,357`	`2,568`	`-`	`15,080`
`Africa:-`
`- Natal`	`-`	`62`	`-`	`24`	`1,211`	`4¹`	`1,301`
`- Cape Province`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`
`Brazil:-`
`- Paraiba`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`64`	`39`	`-`	`103`
`North Atlantic and Arctic:-`
`- Azores`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`71`	`-`	`71`
`- Madeira`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`78`	`-`	`78`
`- Spain`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`267`	`92²`	`359`
`- Norway`	`-`	`76`	`-`	`-`	`1`	`-`	`77`
`- Faroe Islands`	`-`	`6`	`-`	`-`	`6`	`-`	`12`
`- Iceland`	`-`	`202`	`-`	`3`	`75`	`-`	`280`
`- Newfoundland`	`-`	`438`	`-`	`4`	`-`	`-`	`442`
`- Nova Scotia`	`-`	`262`	`-`	`100`	`-`	`-`	`362`
`- Greenland`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`
`Pacific (north):-`
`- California`	`-`	`38`	`-`	`14`	`84`	`66³`	`202`
`- North Pacific and` `Bering Sea, pelagic`	`-`	`729`	`-`	`3,819`	`3,000`	`-`	`7,548`
`- Kamtchatka, pelagic`	`-`	`1,064`	`-`	`1,105`	`9,542`	`-`	`11,711`
`- Japan`	`-`	`53`	`-`	`806`	`3,747`	`173⁴`	`4,779`
`Chile⁵`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`
`Peru`	`-`	`183`	`2`	`664`	`1,613`	`-`	`2,462`
`Australia`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`658`	`-`	`658`
`South Atlantic, pelagic⁶`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`655`	`-`	`655`
`Indian Ocean, pelagic⁶`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`465`	`-`	`465`
`TOTAL`	`-`	`5,268`	`2`	`16,960`	`24,080`	`335`	`46,645`

1) Bryde whales.
2) Baleen whales, not specified.
3) Grey whales.
4) 171 Bryde whales and 2 right whales.
5) No information received from one company.
6) Catch by floating factories on voyage to and from the Antarctic whaling grounds (catch north of 40^o South Lat.).

**`Whaling results for the various countries: 1967-68 and summer 1968`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`Australia`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`658`	`-`	`658`
`Brazil`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`64`	`39`	`-`	`103`
`Canada`	`-`	`700`	`-`	`104`	`-`	`-`	`804`
`Chile⁵`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`
`Denmark`	`-`	`6`	`-`	`-`	`6`	`-`	`12`
`Iceland`	`-`	`202`	`-`	`3`	`75`	`-`	`280`
`Japan`	`-`	`1,395`	`-`	`11,744`	`6,851`	`173¹`	`20,163`
`Norway`	`-`	`436`	`-`	`672`	`75`	`-`	`1,183`
`Peru`	`-`	`183`	`2`	`664`	`1,613`	`-`	`2,462`
`Portugal`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`149`	`-`	`149`
`South Africa`	`-`	`62`	`-`	`24`	`1,211`	`4²`	`1,301`
`Spain`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`267`	`92³`	`359`
`U.S.A.`	`-`	`38`	`-`	`14`	`84`	`66⁴`	`202`
`U.S.S.R.`	`-`	`2,246`	`-`	`3,671`	`13,052`	`-`	`18,969`
`TOTAL`	`-`	`5,268`	`2`	`16,960`	`24,080`	`335`	`46,645`

1) 171 Bryde whales and 2 right whales.
2) Bryde whales.
3) Baleen whales not specified.
4) Grey whales.
5) No information received from one company.

**`Norwegian Whaling: 1967-68 and summer 1968`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`Antarctic, pelagic`	`-`	`360`	`-`	`672`	`74`	`-`	`1,106`
`Norway`	`-`	`76`	`-`	`-`	`1`	`-`	`77`
`TOTAL`	`-`	`436`	`-`	`672`	`75`	`-`	`1,183`

**`Whaling of Japan: 1967-68 and summer 1968`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`Antarctic, pelagic`	`-`	`613`	`-`	`7,119`	`104`	`-`	`7,836`
`North Pacific and` `Bering Sea, pelagic`	`-`	`729`	`-`	`3,819`	`3,000`	`-`	`7,548`
`Japan`	`-`	`53`	`-`	`806`	`3,747`	`173¹`	`4,779`
`TOTAL`	`-`	`1,395`	`-`	`11,744`	`6,851`	`173`	`20,163`

1) 171 Bryde whales and 2 right whales.

**`Whaling of U.S.S.R.: 1967-68 and summer 1968`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`Antarctic, pelagic`	`-`	`1,182`	`-`	`2,566`	`2,390`	`-`	`6,138`
`South Atlantic, pelagic¹`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`655`	`-`	`655`
`Indian Ocean, pelagic¹`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`465`	`-`	`465`
`Kamtchatka, pelagic`	`-`	`1,064`	`-`	`1,105`	`9,542`	`-`	`11,711`
`TOTAL`	`-`	`2,246`	`-`	`3,671`	`13,052`	`-`	`18,969`

1) Catch by floating factories on voyage to and from the Antarctic whaling grounds (catch north of 40^o South Lat.).

Reference:
The Committee for Whaling Statistics,
"International Whaling Statistics - LXIII", Oslo, 1970

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