Whaling in 1924-25 and summer 1925
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 3,512 2,019 262 1 24 - 5,818
South Shetland 1,593 2,016 97 - 35 - 3,741
South Orkney 190 312 - - - - 502
Ross Sea 408 19 - - - - 427
Africa:-
- Natal 240 254 167 112 511 - 1,284
- Cape Province 784 698 9 33 60 - 1,584
- Walvis Bay 223 37 60 - 1 - 321
- Angola 141 101 18 88 39 171 404
- French Congo - - 360 - 22 - 382
- Guinea, pelagic - - 396 12 1 - 409
West Indies - - 100 - - - 100
Spain and Portugal 2 1,498 - 20 128 - 1,648
North Atlantic and Arctic:-
- Scotland 37 315 - 18 9 - 379
- Faroe Islands 1 227 5 - - - 233
- Norway 2 326 - 248 4 - 580
- Newfoundland 12 270 35 4 10 - 331
Pacific (north) 256 234 686 45 37 6342 1,892
Japan and Korea 35 562 230 499 497 523 1,875
Chile and Peru 112 233 248 13 61 71 674
Australia - - 669 - - - 669
TOTAL 7,548 9,121 3,342 1,093 1,439 710 23,253
1) Right whales.
2) No specification.
3) Grey whales.



Whaling results for the various countries: 1924-25 and summer 1925
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
Argentina 426 330 25 - - - 781
British Commonwealth 2,913 2,759 392 167 604 - 6,835
Chile 76 82 17 - 56 71 238
Denmark 1 137 4 - - - 142
Japan 30 410 158 493 479 192 1,589
Norway 4,066 4,968 2,553 420 263 190 12,460
Spain - 202 - 13 4 - 219
U.S.A. 36 233 193 - 33 4943 989
TOTAL 7,548 9,121 3,342 1,093 1,439 710 23,253
1) Right whales.
2) Grey whales.
3) No specification.



Norwegian whaling: 1924-25 and summer 1925
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 1,575 999 103 1 12 - 2,690
South Shetland 1,264 1,484 50 - 33 - 2,831
South Orkney 190 312 - - - - 502
Ross Sea 408 19 - - - - 427
Africa 364 138 834 100 63 171 1,516
West Indies - - 100 - - - 100
Spain and Portugal 2 1,296 - 7 124 - 1,429
North Atlantic and Arctic 2 416 1 248 4 - 671
Mexico 220 1 493 45 4 1402 903
Peru 36 151 231 13 5 - 436
Kamtchatka 5 152 72 6 18 332 286
West Australia - - 669 - - - 669
TOTAL 4,066 4,968 2,553 420 263 190 12,460
1) Right whales.
2) Grey whales.



British whaling: 1924-25 and summer 1925
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 1,511 690 134 - 12 - 2,347
South Shetland 329 532 47 - 2 - 910
Africa 1,024 952 176 145 571 - 2,868
North Atlantic and Arctic 49 585 35 22 19 - 710
TOTAL 2,913 2,759 392 167 604 - 6,835



Whaling of other countries: 1924-25 and summer 1925
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 426 330 25 - - - 781
Spain and Portugal - 202 - 13 4 - 219
North Atlantic and Arctic 1 137 4 - - - 142
Pacific (north) 36 233 193 - 33 4941 989
Japan and Korea 30 410 158 493 479 192 1,589
Chile, etc 76 82 17 - 56 73 238
TOTAL 569 1,394 397 506 572 520 3,958
1) No specification.
2) Grey whales.
3) Right whales.



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

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