The Kosmos Assignment - Whale harvest data since 1910

Whaling statistics - 1923

**`Whaling in 1922-23 and summer 1923`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`South Georgia`	`3,569`	`1,445`	`320`	`10`	`19`	`-`	`5,363`
`South Shetland`	`2,038`	`1,994`	`188`	`-`	`4`	`-`	`4,224`
`South Orkney`	`76`	`238`	`9`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`323`
`Africa:-`
`- East Africa`	`-`	`-`	`61`	`-`	`20`	`-`	`81`
`- Natal`	`213`	`330`	`122`	`60`	`84`	`-`	`809`
`- Cape Province`	`599`	`288`	`13`	`79`	`28`	`3¹`	`1,010`
`- Walvis Bay`	`94`	`2`	`199`	`-`	`1`	`-`	`296`
`- Angola`	`168`	`26`	`2`	`-`	`17`	`-`	`213`
`- French Congo`	`-`	`-`	`685`	`5`	`6`	`-`	`696`
`Spain`	`-`	`1,080`	`-`	`-`	`36`	`-`	`1,116`
`North Atlantic and Arctic:-`
`- Scotland`	`23`	`312`	`-`	`10`	`-`	`2²`	`347`
`- Faroe Islands`	`3`	`193`	`2`	`8`	`3`	`2³`	`211`
`- Norway`	`2`	`147`	`-`	`237`	`-`	`-`	`386`
`- Davis Strait`	`20`	`20`	`150`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`190`
`- Newfoundland`	`-`	`66`	`3`	`-`	`1`	`-`	`70`
`Pacific (north)`	`29`	`151`	`155`	`1`	`16`	`3⁴`	`355`
`Japan and Korea`	`35`	`431`	`70`	`488`	`364`	`34⁵`	`1,422`
`Pacific (others)`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`1,008⁶`	`1,008`
`TOTAL`	`6,869`	`6,723`	`1,979`	`898`	`599`	`1,052`	`18,120`

1) Bryde whales.
2) Right whales.
3) Bottlenoses.
4) 1 right whale and 2 Greenland whales.
5) Grey whales.
6) No specification.

**`Whaling results for the various countries: 1922-23 and summer 1923`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`Argentina`	`411`	`328`	`75`	`-`	`6`	`-`	`820`
`British Commonwealth`	`3,144`	`1,998`	`258`	`154`	`116`	`5`	`5,675`
`Denmark`	`2`	`97`	`1`	`2`	`-`	`-`	`102`
`Japan`	`35`	`431`	`70`	`488`	`364`	`34¹`	`1,422`
`Norway`	`3,248`	`3,718`	`1,420`	`253`	`97`	`2`	`8,738`
`U.S.A.`	`29`	`151`	`155`	`1`	`16`	`1,011²`	`1,363`
`TOTAL`	`6,869`	`6,723`	`1,979`	`898`	`599`	`1,052`	`18,120`

1) Grey whales.
2) 1 right whale and 2 Greenland whales - the others not specified.

**`Norwegian whaling: 1922-23 and summer 1923`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`South Georgia`	`1,501`	`663`	`173`	`5`	`10`	`-`	`2,352`
`South Shetland`	`1,386`	`1,446`	`140`	`-`	`4`	`-`	`2,976`
`South Orkney`	`76`	`238`	`9`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`323`
`Africa`	`262`	`28`	`947`	`5`	`44`	`-`	`1,286`
`Spain`	`-`	`1,080`	`-`	`-`	`36`	`-`	`1,116`
`North Atlantic and Arctic`	`23`	`263`	`151`	`243`	`3`	`2¹`	`685`
`TOTAL`	`3,248`	`3,718`	`1,420`	`253`	`97`	`2`	`8,738`

1) Bottlenoses.

**`British whaling: 1922-23 and summer 1923`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`South Georgia`	`1,657`	`454`	`72`	`5`	`3`	`-`	`2,191`
`South Shetland`	`652`	`548`	`48`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`1,248`
`Africa`	`812`	`618`	`135`	`139`	`112`	`3¹`	`1,819`
`North Atlantic and Arctic`	`23`	`378`	`3`	`10`	`1`	`2²`	`417`
`TOTAL`	`3,144`	`1,998`	`258`	`154`	`116`	`5`	`5,675`

1) Bryde whales.
2) Right whales.

**`Whaling of other countries: 1922-23 and summer 1923`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`South Georgia`	`411`	`328`	`75`	`-`	`6`	`-`	`820`
`North Atlantic and Arctic`	`2`	`97`	`1`	`2`	`-`	`-`	`102`
`Pacific (north)`	`29`	`151`	`155`	`1`	`16`	`3¹`	`355`
`Pacific (others)`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`1,008²`	`1,008`
`Japan and Korea`	`35`	`431`	`70`	`488`	`364`	`34³`	`1,422`
`TOTAL`	`477`	`1,007`	`301`	`491`	`386`	`1,045`	`3,707`

1) 1 right whale and 2 Greenland whales.
2) No specification.
3) Grey whales.

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

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