The Kosmos Assignment - Whale harvest data since 1910

Whaling statistics - 1961

**`Whaling in 1960-61 and summer 1961`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`South Georgia`	`4`	`1,387`	`-`	`792`	`134`	`-`	`2,317`
`Antarctic, pelagic`	`1,740`	`27,374`	`718`	`4,310`	`4,666`	`164¹`	`38,972`
`Africa:-`
`- Natal`	`6`	`622`	`36`	`475`	`1,004`	`-`	`2,143`
`- Cape Province`	`3`	`201`	`4`	`228`	`765`	`8²`	`1,209`
`South Atlantic, pelagic⁷`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`121`	`-`	`121`
`Brazil:-`
`- Paraiba`	`-`	`10`	`13`	`958`	`102`	`-`	`1,083`
`North Atlantic and Arctic:-`
`- Azores`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`374`	`-`	`374`
`- Madeira`	`-`	`-`	`4`	`-`	`129`	`-`	`133`
`- Spain`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`98`	`94³`	`192`
`- Norway`	`-`	`162`	`-`	`6`	`88`	`-`	`256`
`- Iceland`	`-`	`142`	`-`	`58`	`150`	`-`	`350`
`- Greenland`	`-`	`-`	`1`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`1`
`- Newfoundland`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`1`	`-`	`-`	`1`
`Pacific (north):-`
`- California`	`2`	`118`	`62`	`51`	`101`	`4⁴`	`338`
`- Oregon`	`-`	`-`	`2`	`-`	`3`	`-`	`5`
`- North Pacific and` `Bering Sea, pelagic`	`70`	`1,452`	`9`	`4`	`1,800`	`3⁵`	`3,338`
`- Kamtchatka, pelagic`	`2`	`79`	`314`	`54`	`1,868`	`-`	`2,317`
`- Kuril Islands`	`15`	`156`	`19`	`52`	`1,401`	`4⁶`	`1,647`
`- Japan`	`3`	`71`	`4`	`782`	`2,101`	`-`	`2,961`
`- Ryukyu Islands`	`-`	`-`	`90`	`-`	`9`	`-`	`99`
`Peru`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`3,602`	`-`	`3,602`
`Chile`	`142`	`16`	`3`	`13`	`2,160`	`-`	`2,334`
`Australia`	`-`	`-`	`1,481`	`-`	`454`	`2²`	`1,937`
`New Zealand`	`-`	`-`	`80`	`1`	`-`	`-`	`81`
`TOTAL`	`1,987`	`31,790`	`2,840`	`7,785`	`21,130`	`279`	`65,811`

1) 2 right whales and 162 Minke whales.
2) Bryde whales
3) Baleen whales, not specified.
4) Baird's beaked whales.
5) Right whales.
6) 1 Minke whale and 3 bottlenoses.
7) Catch by floating factories on voyage to the Antarctic whaling grounds (North of 40^o South Lat.).

**`Whaling results for the various countries: 1960-61 and summer 1961`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`Australia`	`-`	`-`	`1,481`	`-`	`454`	`2¹`	`1,937`
`Brazil`	`-`	`10`	`13`	`958`	`102`	`-`	`1,083`
`Canada`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`1`	`-`	`-`	`1`
`Chile`	`142`	`16`	`3`	`13`	`2,160`	`-`	`2,334`
`Denmark`	`-`	`-`	`1`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`1`
`Iceland`	`-`	`142`	`-`	`58`	`150`	`-`	`350`
`Japan`	`1,217`	`10,435`	`224`	`2,559`	`5,453`	`3²`	`19,891`
`Netherlands`	`50`	`1,903`	`10`	`30`	`218`	`1²`	`2,212`
`New Zealand`	`-`	`-`	`80`	`1`	`-`	`-`	`81`
`Norway`	`138`	`9,987`	`80`	`707`	`1,916`	`1²`	`12,829`
`Peru`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`3,602`	`-`	`3,602`
`Portugal`	`-`	`-`	`4`	`-`	`503`	`-`	`507`
`South Africa`	`9`	`823`	`40`	`703`	`1,769`	`8¹`	`3,352`
`Spain`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`98`	`94³`	`192`
`United Kingdom⁶`	`111`	`3,748`	`115`	`1,528`	`311`	`-`	`5,813`
`U.S.A.`	`2`	`118`	`154`	`51`	`113`	`4⁴`	`442`
`U.S.S.R.`	`318`	`4,608`	`635`	`1,176`	`4,281`	`166⁵`	`11,184`
`TOTAL`	`1,987`	`31,790`	`2,840`	`7,785`	`21,130`	`279`	`65,811`

1) Bryde whales.
2) Right whales.
3) Baleen whales, not specified.
4) Baird's beaked whales.
5) 163 Minke whales, and 3 bottlenoses.
6) Includes the catch of one British company registered at Falkland Islands.

**`Whaling: 1960-61 and summer 1961`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`Antarctic, pelagic`	`138`	`9,825`	`80`	`701`	`1,745`	`1¹`	`12,490`
`South Atlantic, pelagic²`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`83`	`-`	`83`
`Norway`	`-`	`162`	`-`	`6`	`88`	`-`	`256`
`TOTAL`	`138`	`9,987`	`80`	`707`	`1,916`	`1`	`12,829`

1) Right whale.
2) Floating factories on voyage to the Antarctic whaling grounds (catch north of 40^o South Lat.).

**`Whaling of United Kingdom: 1960-61 and summer 1961`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`South Georgia¹`	`4`	`1,387`	`-`	`792`	`134`	`-`	`2,317`
`Antarctic, pelagic`	`107`	`2,361`	`115`	`736`	`177`	`-`	`3,496`
`TOTAL`	`111`	`3,748`	`115`	`1,528`	`311`	`-`	`5,813`

1) Includes the catch of one British company registered at Falkland Islands.

**`Whaling of Japan: 1960-61 and summer 1961`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`Antarctic, pelagic`	`1,144`	`8,912`	`211`	`1,773`	`1,552`	`-`	`13,592`
`North Pacific and` `Bering Sea, pelagic`	`70`	`1,452`	`9`	`4`	`1,800`	`3¹`	`3,338`
`Japan`	`3`	`71`	`4`	`782`	`2,101`	`-`	`2,961`
`TOTAL`	`1,217`	`10,435`	`224`	`2,559`	`5,453`	`3`	`19,891`

1) Right whales.

**`Whaling of U.S.S.R.: 1960-61 and summer 1961`**
`Area`	`Blue`	`Fin`	`Humpback`	`Sei`	`Sperm`	`Others`	`TOTAL`
`Antarctic, pelagic`	`301`	`4,373`	`302`	`1,070`	`974`	`162¹`	`7,182`
`South Atlantic³`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`-`	`38`	`-`	`38`
`Kamtchatka, pelagic`	`2`	`79`	`314`	`54`	`1,868`	`-`	`2,317`
`Kuril Islands`	`15`	`156`	`19`	`52`	`1,401`	`4²`	`1,647`
`TOTAL`	`318`	`4,608`	`635`	`1,176`	`4,281`	`166`	`11,184`

1) Minke whales.
2) 1 Minke whale and 3 bottlenoses.
3) Floating factory on voyage to the Antarctic whaling grounds (catch north of 40^o South Lat.).

Reference:
The Committee for Whaling Statistics,
"International Whaling Statistics - XLIX", Oslo, 1963

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