Whaling in 1925-26 and summer 1926
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 1,855 5,709 236 13 12 - 7,825
South Shetland 2,151 2,396 110 3 24 - 4,684
South Orkney 44 573 4 - 1 11 623
Ross Sea 523 8 - - - - 531
Antarctic, pelagic 124 230 14 179 - 91 556
Africa:-
- Natal 214 336 124 97 466 12 1,238
- Cape Province 1,000 798 19 258 95 653 2,235
- Walvis Bay 226 44 96 - 9 - 375
- Angola 303 40 6 33 14 - 396
- French Congo 1 - 321 45 35 - 402
West Indies - - ca. 70 - - - ca. 70
Spain and Portugal - 1,374 - 45 61 - 1,480
North Atlantic and Arctic:-
- Scotland 36 400 - 21 4 - 461
- Faroe Islands 1 156 3 9 2 - 171
- Norway - 376 3 188 2 11 570
- Svalbard - 24 2 - - - 26
- West Greenland 2 24 12 - 9 - 47
- Newfoundland 10 329 18 3 - - 360
Pacific (north) 254 179 881 - 5 4854 1,804
Japan and Korea 36 636 119 568 772 175 2,148
Chile, Peru and Equador 444 656 277 32 80 91 1,498
Australia 5 - 735 - - - 740
TOTAL 7,229 14,288 3,050 1,494 1,591 588 28,240
1) Right whales.
2) Bryde whales.
3) 2 right whales and 63 Bryde whales.
4) No specification.
5) Grey whales.



Whaling results for the various countries: 1925-26 and summer 1926
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
Argentina 234 813 32 - - - 1,079
British Commonwealth 2,588 4,848 280 387 566 66 8,735
Chile 102 224 19 - 75 91 429
Denmark 3 142 15 5 11 - 176
Japan 32 400 115 564 737 172 1,865
Norway 4,255 7,441 2,206 538 200 87 14,727
Spain - 241 - - - - 241
U.S.A. 15 179 383 - 2 4093 988
TOTAL 7,229 14,288 3,050 1,494 1,591 588 28,240
1) Right whales.
2) Grey whales.
3) No specification.



Norwegian whaling: 1925-26 and summer 1926
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 915 2,626 114 5 11 - 3,671
South Shetland 1,529 1,681 81 3 24 - 3,318
South Orkney 44 573 4 - 1 11 623
West Antarctic, pelagic 124 230 14 179 - 91 556
Ross Sea 523 8 - - - - 531
Africa 530 84 423 78 58 - 1,173
West Indies - - ca. 70 - - - ca. 70
Spain and Portugal - 1,133 - 45 61 - 1,239
North Atlantic and Arctic - 438 5 192 2 12 638
Mexico 239 - 498 - 3 763 816
Ecuador and Peru 342 432 258 32 5 - 1,069
Kamtchatka 4 236 4 4 35 - 283
West Australia 5 - 735 - - - 740
TOTAL 4,255 7,441 2,206 538 200 87 14,727
1) Right whales.
2) Bryde whales.
3) 34 Bryde whales and 42 grey whales.



British whaling: 1925-26 and summer 1926
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 706 2,270 90 8 1 - 3,075
South Shetland 622 715 29 - - - 1,366
Africa 1,214 1,134 143 355 561 661 3,473
North Atlantic and Arctic 46 729 18 24 4 - 821
TOTAL 2,588 4,848 280 387 566 66 8,735
1) 2 right whales and 64 Bryde whales.



Whaling of other countries: 1925-26 and summer 1926
Area Blue Fin Humpback Sei Sperm Others TOTAL
South Georgia 234 813 32 - - - 1,079
Spain and Portugal - 241 - - - - 241
North Atlantic and Arctic 3 142 15 5 11 - 176
Pacific (north) 15 179 383 - 2 4091 988
Japan and Korea 32 400 115 564 737 172 1,865
Chile, etc 102 224 19 - 75 93 429
TOTAL 386 1,999 564 569 825 435 4,778
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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