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Harvest data for Minke Whale in the Antarctic since 1931 |
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| Sources
The Committee for Whaling Statistics, "International Whaling Statistics", Oslo K. Sakuramoto, H. Kato, S. Tanaka, "Geirui-shigen no Kenkyuu to Kanri" (The Study and Management of Whale Resources), 1991 S. Tatoh, "Hogei no Rekishi to Shiryou" (History and Data of Whaling), 1984 |
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| Figures in this table are based on factory ship harvest reports and land station operations (South Africa, Brazil). Because of its small size (second smallest among baleen whales), commercial exploitation of the minke whale started later. |
| Season | Norway | U.K. | Japan | Netherlands | U.S.S.R. | South Africa | Brazil | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950/51 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| 51/52 | . | . | . | . | 9 | . | . | 9 |
| 52/53 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| 53/54 | . | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | 3 |
| 54/55 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0 |
| 55/56 | . | 1 | . | . | 41 | . | . | 42 |
| 56/57 | . | . | . | . | 46 | . | . | 46 |
| 57/58 | . | . | . | . | 493 | . | . | 493 |
| 58/59 | . | 1 | . | . | 102 | . | . | 103 |
| 59/60 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 203 | . | . | 205 |
| 60/61 | . | . | . | . | 162 | . | . | 162 |
| 61/62 | . | . | . | . | 2 | . | . | 2 |
| 62/63 | . | . | . | . | 21 | 1 | 2 | 24 |
| 63/64 | . | . | 96 | . | 5 | 1 | 4 | 106 |
| 64/65 | 1 | . | 2 | . | 4 | 2 | 67 | 76 |
| 65/66 | 2 | . | . | . | 8 | 5 | 352 | 367 |
| 66/67 | 3 | . | 1 | . | 14 | 6 | 488 | 512 |
| 67/68 | . | . | 597 | . | 8 | 97 | 456 | 1158 |
| 68/69 | . | . | 42 | . | 17 | 112 | 617 | 788 |
| 69/70 | 1 | . | . | . | 30 | 171 | 701 | 903 |
| 70/71 | 32 | . | 4 | . | 40 | 204 | 900 | 1180 |
| 71/72 | . | . | 3,013 | . | 41 | 135 | 702 | 3,891 |
| 72/73 | . | . | 2,092 | . | 3,653 | 173 | 650 | 6,568 |
| 73/74 | . | . | 3,713 | . | 4,000 | 117 | 765 | 8,595 |
| 74/75 | . | . | 3,500 | . | 3,500 | 110 | 1,039 | 8,149 |
| 75/76 | . | . | 3,017 | . | 3,017 | . | 776 | 6,810 |
| 76/77 | . | . | 3,950 | . | 3,950 | . | 1,000 | 8,900 |
| 77/78 | . | . | 2,400 | . | 2,600 | . | 690 | 5,690 |
| 78/79 | . | . | 2,733 | . | 2,733 | . | 739 | 6,205 |
| 79/80 | . | . | 3,279 | . | 3,879 | . | 902 | 8,060 |
| 80/81 | . | . | 3,120 | . | 3,120 | . | 749 | 6,989 |
| 81/82 | . | . | 3,577 | . | 3,577 | . | 854 | 8,008 |
| 82/83 | . | . | 3,224 | . | 3,223 | . | 625 | 7,072 |
| 83/84 | . | . | 3,027 | . | 3,028 | . | . | 6,055 |
| 84/85 | . | . | 1,941 | . | 3,027 | . | . | 4,968 |
| 85/86 | . | . | 1,941 | . | 3,028 | . | . | 4,969 |
| 86/87 | . | . | 1,941 | . | 3,028 | . | . | 4,969 |
| 87/88 | . | . | 273 | . | . | . | . | 273 |
| 88/89 | . | . | 241 | . | . | . | . | 241 |
| 89/90 | . | . | 330 | . | . | . | . | 330 |
| 90/91 | . | . | 327 | . | . | . | . | 327 |
| 91/92 | . | . | 288 | . | . | . | . | 288 |
| 92/93 | . | . | 330 | . | . | . | . | 330 |
| 93/94 | . | . | 330 | . | . | . | . | 330 |
| 94/95 | . | . | 330 | . | . | . | . | 330 |
| 95/96 | . | . | 440 | . | . | . | . | 440 |