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Whaling statistics - 1934
 
Whaling in 1933-34 and summer 1934
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 536 1,728 92 - 7 - 2,363
Antarctic, pelagic 16,813 5,472 780 - 659 - 23,724
Africa:-
- Natal 70 536 514 30 422 21 1,574
- French Congo 1 21 724 27 45 - 818
Portugal (Azores) - - - - 82 1582 240
Off Gibraltar - 66 - - 5 - 71
North Atlantic and Arctic:-
- Faroe Islands 2 74 - 13 7 - 96
- Norway - 132 - 172 4 - 308
- West Greenland 2 23 2 - - - 27
- North Atlantic and Arctic, pelagic 21 128 3 - - - 152
Pacific (north):-
- California - - - - - 2053 205
- British Columbia - - - - - 3503 350
- Alaska - - - - - 4643 464
Kamtchatka 2 150 51 1 74 614 339
Japan and Korea 21 287 59 298 357 4143 1,436
Chile 18 117 13 - 198 355 381
New Zealand - - 52 - - - 52
TOTAL 17,486 8,734 2,290 541 1,860 1,689 32,600
1) Right whales.
2  Different kinds of small whales.
3) No specification.
4) 54 grey whales, 6 bottlenoses and 1 Minke whale.
5) 15 right whales and 20 others.
 
Whaling results for the various countries: 1933-34 and summer 1934
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
Argentina 283 801 54 - 1 - 1,139
British Commonwealth 8,409 4,217 1,075 30 533 352 14,616
Chile 18 117 13 - 198 351 381
Denmark 4 97 2 13 7 - 123
Japan 21 287 59 298 357 4142 1,436
Norway 8,749 3,065 1,036 199 608 - 13,657
Portugal (Azores) - - - - 82 1583 240
U.S.A. - - - - - 6692 669
U.S.S.R. 2 150 51 1 74 614 339
TOTAL 17,486 8,734 2,290 541 1,860 1,689 32,600
1) 15 right whales and 20 others.
2) No specification.
3) Different kinds of small whales.
4) 54 grey whales, 6 bottlenoses and 1 Minke whale.
 
Norwegian whaling: 1933-34 and summer 1934
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
Antarctic, pelagic 8,727 2,718 309 - 554 - 12,308
Congo 1 21 724 27 45 - 818
Off Gibraltar - 66 - - 5 - 71
Norway - 132 - 172 4 - 308
North Atlantic and Arctic, pelagic 21 128 3 - - - 152
TOTAL 8,749 3,065 1,036 199 608 - 13,657
 
British whaling: 1933-34 and summer 1934
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 253 927 38 - 6 - 1,224
Antarctic, pelagic 8,086 2,754 471 - 105 - 11,416
Natal 70 536 514 30 422 21 1,574
British Columbia - - - - - 3502 350
New Zealand - - 52 - - - 52
TOTAL 8,409 4,217 1,075 30 533 352 14,616
1) Right whales.
2) No specification.
 
Whaling of other countries: 1933-34 and summer 1934
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 283 801 54 - 1 - 1,139
Portugal (Azores) - - - - 82 1581 240
North Atlantic and Arctic:-
- Faroe Islands 2 74 - 13 7 - 96
- West Greenland 2 23 2 - - - 27
Pacific (north):-
- California - - - - - 2052 205
- Alaska - - - - - 4642 464
Kamtchatka 2 150 51 1 74 613 339
Japan and Korea 21 287 59 298 357 4142 1,436
Chile 18 117 13 - 198 354 381
TOTAL 328 1,452 179 312 719 1,337 4,327
1) Different kinds of small whales.
2) No specification.
3) 54 grey whales, 6 bottlenoses and 1 Minke whale.
4) 15 right whales and 20 others.
 

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

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