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Whaling statistics - 1955
 
Whaling in 1954-55 and summer 1955
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 13 2,746 2 423 82 - 3,266
Antarctic, pelagic 2,163 25,878 493 146 5,708 - 34,388
Africa:-
- Natal 6 477 49 176 602 - 1,310
- South Atlantic, pelagic - - - - 39 - 39
Brazil:-
- Paraiba - - 6 198 1 11 206
- Santa Catarina - - 3 2 - 22 7
Atlantic and Arctic:-
- Azores - - - - 664 - 664
- Madeira - - - - 175 - 175
- Spain - 36 - - 158 983 292
- Norway 1 210 1 10 44 - 266
- Faroe Islands 1 80 - 11 69 - 161
- Iceland 10 236 - 134 20 - 400
- West Greenland 1 22 - 3 9 - 35
- Newfoundland - 2 - - - 132 157
Pacific (north):-
- British Columbia 11 120 37 139 320 34 630
- Bering Sea, pelagic 70 1,360 117 21 1,084 - 2,652
- Kamtchatka, pelagic 4 79 8 28 996 15 1,116
- Kuril Islands 27 219 23 128 1,494 246 1,915
- Japan 30 354 9 488 1,506 - 2,387
Peru 8 7 2 1 1,869 - 1,887
Chile 150 359 5 32 746 61 1,298
Australia - - 1,846 - 7 12 1,854
New Zealand - - 112 - - - 112
TOTAL 2,495 32,185 2,713 1,940 15,593 149 55,075
1) Right whales.
2) Minke whales.
3) Baleen whales, not specified.
4) Baird's beaked whales.
5) Bottlenose.
6) 9 Minke whales, 5 bottlenoses, and 10 southern right whales.
7) In addition 6,612 potheads (pilot whales) were taken.
 
Whaling results for the various countries: 1954-55 and summer 1955
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
Argentina 4 758 - 147 38 - 947
Brazil - - 9 200 1 31 213
British Commonwealth 536 7,976 2,056 466 2,478 17 13,529
- United Kingdom 342 6,199 3 151 1,217 - 7,902
- Union of South Africa 183 1,655 58 176 934 - 3,006
- Australia - - 1,846 - 7 12 1,854
- Canada 11 120 37 139 320 33 630
- New Zealand - - 112 - - - 112
- Newfoundland - 2 - - - 132 157
Chile 150 359 5 32 746 64 1,298
Denmark 2 102 - 14 78 - 196
Iceland 10 236 - 134 20 - 400
Japan 692 5,934 305 509 3,557 - 10,997
Netherlands 116 601 - 3 128 - 848
Norway 635 11,019 20 175 2,947 - 14,796
Panama 274 2,022 170 3 43 - 2,512
Peru 8 7 2 1 1,869 - 1,887
Portugal - - - - 839 - 839
Spain - 36 - - 158 985 292
U.S.S.R. 68 3,135 146 256 2,691 256 6,321
TOTAL 2,495 32,185 2,713 1,940 15,593 149 55,075
1) 1 right whale and 2 Minke whales.
2) Minke whales.
3) Baird's beaked whales.
4) Right whales.
5) Baleen whales, not specified.
6) 9 Minke whales, 6 bottlenoses, and 10 southern right whales.
7) In addition 6,612 potheads (pilot whales) were caught.
 
Norwegian whaling: 1954-55 and summer 1955
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 4 907 - 129 23 - 1,063
Antarctic, pelagic 630 9,902 19 36 2,841 - 13,428
South Atlantic, pelagic - - - - 39 - 39
Norway 1 210 1 10 44 - 266
TOTAL 635 11,019 20 175 2,947 - 14,796
 
Whaling of United Kingdom: 1954-55 and summer 1955
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 5 1,081 2 147 21 - 1,256
Antarctic, pelagic 337 5,118 1 4 1,196 - 6,656
TOTAL 342 6,199 3 151 1,217 - 7,912

Reference:
The Committee for Whaling Statistics,
"International Whaling Statistics - XXXVII", Oslo, 1957

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