Note: Since it was not possible to distribute the total catch for North Atlantic and Arctic on the different kinds of whales and nationalities, total number of each whale in the first table do not conform with other tables. Figures in the first table are correct.


Whaling in 1911-12 and summer 1912
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 236 393 4,247 - 3 1,6561 6,535
South Shetland 802 1,209 1,381 - - 1,4212 4,813
South Orkney and South Sandwich 71 78 127 - - - 276
Falkland Islands - - - - - 1033 103
Africa:-
- East Africa - - 1,200 - - - 1,200
- Natal 24 7 906 11 56 24 1,006
- Cape Province - - - - - ca. 9185 ca. 918
- Walvis Bay - - - - - 1926 192
Angola - - 3,125 - - - 3,125
- French Congo - - 418 - - - 418
Brazil - - 342 - - - 342
North Atlantic and Arctic:-
- Scotland and Ireland 12 292 - 108 8 787 498
- Faroe Islands - - - - - 1758 175
- Iceland - - - - - 1768 176
- Norway - - - - - 308 30
- Svalbard - - - - - 588 58
- Newfoundland 60 202 22 - 5 - 289
- St. Lawrence Gulf - - - - - ca. 859 ca. 85
Pacific (north) 112 235 315 - 30 1,107 1,799
Japan and Korea 236 743 68 236 107 19610 1,586
Chile 185 10 86 - 55 - 336
Australia 1 - 592 2 283 - 878
TOTAL 1,739 3,169 12,829 357 547 6,197 24,838
1) 19 right whales and 1,637 not specified.
2) 9 right whales, 3 bottlenoses and 1,409 not specified.
3) No specification.
4) Right whales.
5) Partly from coast of Natal.
6) Mostly humpbacks.
7) 11 nordcapers, 8 bottlenoses and 59 not specified.
8) No specification. Mostly fin whales, but also some sei whales. (Off the coast of Iceland and Svalbard also some blue whales.)
9) Blue whales and fin whales.
10) 3 right whales and 193 grey whales.



Whaling results for the various countries: 1911-12 and summer 1912
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
Argentina 48 162 1,346 - 1 191 1,576
Brazil - - ca. 116 - - - ca. 116
British Commonwealth 113 334 2,130 11 63 1,186 3,837
Chile - - - - - 6092 609
Denmark (or Iceland?) - - - - - 423 42
Japan 236 743 68 236 107 1964 1,586
Norway 1,308 1,403 8,429 2 347 4,003 15,492
Portugal - - 425 - - - 425
U.S.A. 22 235 315 - 21 5625 1,155
TOTAL 1,727 2,877 12,829 249 539 6,617 24,838
1) Right whales.
2) Mostly humpbacks.
3) No specification.
4) 3 right whales and 193 grey whales.
5) Mostly fin whales and humpbacks.



Norwegian whaling: 1911-12 and summer 1912
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 159 106 1,699 - - 1,2311 3,195
South Shetland 802 1,209 1,381 - - 4122 3,804
South Orkney 67 67 114 - - - 248
South Sandwich 4 11 13 - - - 28
Africa:-
- East Africa - - 1,200 - - - 1,200
- Cape Province - - - - - ca. 9183 ca. 918
- Walvis Bay - - - - - 1921 192
- Angola - - 2,700 - - - 2,700
- French Congo - - 418 - - - 418
Brazil - - ca. 226 - - - ca. 226
North Atlantic and Arctic - - - - - ca. 7054 ca. 705
Alaska 90 - - - 9 5455 644
Chile 185 10 86 - 55 - 3366
Australia 1 - 592 2 283 - 878
TOTAL 1,308 1,403 8,429 2 347 4,003 15,492
1) Mostly humpbacks.
2) 9 right whales, 3 bottlenoses and 400 without specification.
3) Partly from the coast of Natal.
4) No specification. Mostly fin whales and sei whales.
5) Exclusively fin whales and humpbacks.
6) Partly from Galapagos.



British whaling: 1911-12 and summer 1912
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 29 125 1,202 - 2 4061 1,764
South Shetland - - - - - ca. 4002 ca. 400
Falkland Islands - - - - - 1033 103
Africa 24 7 906 11 56 24 1,006
North Atlantic and Arctic 60 202 22 - 5 2753 564
TOTAL 113 334 2,130 11 63 1,186 3,837
1) Mostly humpbacks.
2) No specification.
3) Mostly fin whales and sei whales.
4) Right whales.



Whaling of other countries: 1911-12 and summer 1912
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 48 162 1,346 - 1 191 1,576
South Shetland - - - - - 6092 609
West Africa - - 425 - - - 425
Brazil - - ca. 116 - - - ca. 116
North Atlantic - - - - - 423 42
Pacific (north) 22 235 315 - 21 5624 1,155
Japan and Korea 236 743 68 236 107 1965 1,586
TOTAL 306 1,140 2,270 236 129 1,428 5,509
1) Right whales.
2) Mostly humpbacks.
3) No specification.
4) Mostly fin whales and humpbacks.
5) 3 right whales and 193 grey whales.



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

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