The Kosmos Assignment - Whale harvest data since 1910

Whaling statistics - 1916

**`Whaling in 1915-16 and summer 1916`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`South Georgia`	`3,026`	`2,744`	`1,578`	`-`	`1`	`12¹`	`7,361`
`South Shetland`	`1,845`	`2,358`	`219`	`-`	`4`	`5¹`	`4,431`
`Africa:-`
`- Natal`	`57`	`116`	`83`	`10`	`585`	`2¹`	`853`
`- Cape Province`	`207`	`304`	`3`	`39`	`9`	`210²`	`772`
`- Angola`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`320²`	`320`
`North Atlantic and Arctic:-`
`- Faroe Islands`	`3`	`77`	`-`	`6`	`1`	`103³`	`190`
`Pacific (north)`	`25`	`59`	`39`	`21`	`6`	`1,061⁴`	`1,211`
`Japan and Korea`	`75`	`739`	`93`	`419`	`391`	`86⁵`	`1,803`
`Chile`	`64`	`35`	`15`	`-`	`15`	`2¹`	`131`
`Australia`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`470⁶`	`470`
`TOTAL`	`5,302`	`6,432`	`2,030`	`495`	`1,012`	`2,271`	`17,542`

1) Right whales.
2) No specification.
3) 1 bottlenose and 102 not specified.
4) 1 right whale and 1,060 without specification.
5) 8 right whales and 78 grey whales.
6) No specification. Humpbacks and sperm whales.

**`Whaling results for the various countries: 1915-16 and summer 1916`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`Argentina`	`345`	`447`	`376`	`-`	`-`	`1¹`	`1,169`
`British Commonwealth`	`2,137`	`1,428`	`695`	`49`	`596`	`9`	`4,914`
`Chile`	`64`	`35`	`15`	`-`	`15`	`2¹`	`131`
`Denmark (or Iceland?)`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`102²`	`102`
`Japan`	`75`	`739`	`93`	`419`	`391`	`86³`	`1,803`
`Norway`	`2,681`	`3,783`	`851`	`27`	`10`	`787`	`8,139`
`Portugal`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`224⁴`	`224`
`U.S.A.`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`1,060⁵`	`1,060`
`TOTAL`	`5,302`	`6,432`	`2,030`	`495`	`1,012`	`2,271`	`17,542`

1) Right whales
2) No specification. Fin whales and sei whales.
3) 8 right whales and 78 grey whales.
4) Humpbacks and sei whales.
5) No specification. Figures incomplete.

**`Norwegian whaling: 1915-16 and summer 1916`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`South Georgia`	`980`	`1,497`	`643`	`-`	`-`	`8¹`	`3,128`
`South Shetland`	`1,673`	`2,150`	`169`	`-`	`3`	`1¹`	`3,996`
`Africa:-`
`- Cape Province`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`210²`	`210`
`- Angola`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`96²`	`96`
`North Atlantic and Arctic`	`3`	`77`	`-`	`6`	`1`	`1³`	`88`
`Alaska`	`25`	`59`	`39`	`21`	`6`	`1¹`	`151`
`Australia`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`470⁴`	`470`
`TOTAL`	`2,681`	`3,783`	`851`	`27`	`10`	`787`	`8,139`

1) Right whales.
2) No specification
3) Bottlenose.
4) Humpbacks and sperm whales.

**`British whaling: 1915-16 and summer 1916`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`South Georgia`	`1,701`	`800`	`559`	`-`	`1`	`3¹`	`3,064`
`South Shetland`	`172`	`208`	`50`	`-`	`1`	`4¹`	`435`
`Africa`	`264`	`420`	`86`	`49`	`594`	`2¹`	`1,415`
`TOTAL`	`2,137`	`1,428`	`695`	`49`	`596`	`9`	`4,914`

1) Right whales.

**`Whaling of other countries: 1915-16 and summer 1916`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`South Georgia`	`345`	`447`	`376`	`-`	`-`	`1¹`	`1,169`
`West Africa`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`224²`	`224`
`North Atlantic`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`102³`	`102`
`Pacific (north)`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`1,060⁴`	`1,060`
`Japan and Korea`	`75`	`739`	`93`	`419`	`391`	`86⁵`	`1,803`
`Chile`	`64`	`35`	`15`	`-`	`15`	`2¹`	`131`
`TOTAL`	`484`	`1,221`	`484`	`419`	`406`	`1,475`	`4,489`

1) Right whales.
2) No specification. Humpbacks and sei whales.
3) No specification. Fin whales and sei whales.
4) No specification. Figures incomplete.
5) 8 right whales and 78 grey whales.

Reference:
The Committee for Whaling Statistics,
"International Whaling Statistics - XXVII", Oslo, 1951

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